01/09/2007 Resolutions 2007-7
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N 2007-7
WHEREAS, In 2006 the Nebraska Department of Roads instituted the Safe Routes to
Schools program to fund infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects to enable and encourage
kindergarten through eighth grade children to safely walk and ride their bicycles to school; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island submitted an Intent to Apply application for the
Safe Routes to Schools grant and was invited to submit a draft application for a project at Walnut
Middle School; and
WHEREAS, the Nebraska Department of Roads requires that a draft application for
the grant be submitted by January 12,2007. Should the City of Grand Island be invited to submit a
final application, the final application is due on February 9,2007, with selection being determined in
March, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Safe Routes to Schools program is 100% funded by the federal
government and would require no matching funds from the City of Grand Island.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, is hereby
authorized to apply for the Safe Routes to School Grant to fund an infrastructure project near Walnut
Middle School.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to
execute such grant application and other documentation on behalf of the City of Grand Island for
such grant purposes.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, January 9, 2007.
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Margare ornady,Mayor
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Approved as to Form c;ms
January 4,2007 c City Attorney
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