HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-983-09/28/2009 This Resolution prepared by Nancy Eckert, City Clerk, 715 Mulberry
Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
RESOLUTION NO. 2009-983
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WATERLOO, IOWA, APPROVING APPLICATION TO
THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FUNDING AND DIRECTING
EXECUTION OF SAID APPLICATION BY WATERLOO
CITY COUNCIL.
WHEREAS, pedestrian improvements around Lincoln Elementary
School are recognized as an important need for the City and the
preliminary findings from the Black Hawk Metropolitan Area
Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Study have identified these
improvements as a priority; and
WHEREAS, the Iowa Department of Transportation provides
Safe Routes to School funds on a competitive basis to projects
that improve pedestrian and bicycle safety around elementary and
middle schools; and
WHEREAS, the City of Waterloo will be responsible for
adequately maintaining the project for public use for at least
the next ten years through standing ordinances regarding
sidewalk maintenance .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WATERLOO, IOWA, that the City Council of Waterloo, Iowa,
authorizes application to the Iowa Department of Transportation
for Safe Routes to School funding.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Iowa Northland Regional
Council of Governments is hereby authorized to submit said
application to the Iowa Department of Transportation on behalf
of the City of Waterloo, Iowa.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of September, 2009 .
Tim Hurley, May
ATTEST:
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