DATE: September 24, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Retroactive Approval of Office of Traffic Safety Safe Routes to School Action Plan Grant; and Grant Agreement
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively approve and authorize the Director of Public Works and Planning's ("Director") previous submittal of a grant application to the California Office of Traffic Safety ("OTS") for the Fresno County Safe Routes to School Action Plan for the County to conduct a school assessment study to evaluate the most critical transportation issues students face at ten selected schools located in or adjacent to unincorporated areas of Fresno County, which study will result in an Action Plan to improve safety for such students ($223,082);
2. Approve the draft form of the Grant Agreement with the OTS for the Fresno County Safe Routes to School Action Plan, including its Certifications and Assurances ("Grant Agreement");
3. Authorize the Director, as the Authorizing Official for the County under the Grant Agreement, to approve and execute the final form of the Grant Agreement, including such changes to the draft form of the Grant Agreement that the Director determines to be in the best interest of the County, subject to approval as to legal form by County Counsel and as to accounting form by the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector; and
4. Authorize the following officials of the Department of Public Works and Planning ("Department") to execute the Grant Agreement, and to provide the Certifications and Assurances under the Grant Agreement, in their respective capacities: Erin Haagenson, Program Manager, as Grant Director under the Grant Agreement; and Lemuel Asprec, Financial Division Manager, as the Fiscal Officer under the Grant Agreement.
REPORT
To meet the grant filing deadline of January 31, 2024, the Department of Public Works and Planning (Department) submitted the Grant ...
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