HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-081-02/04/2013Prepared by Carol Failor, Deputy City Clerk, City of Waterloo,
715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4323.
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-81
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 MAYOR.
WHEREAS, pedestrian improvements around Lou Henry
Elementary School and Hoover Middle School are recognized as an
important need for the City and the preliminary findings from
the Black Hawk County 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 authorizes the
application to be submitted 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 4th day of February, 2013.
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