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Home My WebLink AboutRes2022-100 Safe Streets and Roads CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA Sponsored by: Bower RESOLUTION 2022-100 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, APPROVING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE BOROUGH-WIDE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,541 WHEREAS, the Kenai Peninsula Borough has invited Seward and other Borough communities to collaboratively apply for the Safe Roads For All grant; and WHEREAS, collaboratively applying will decrease the workload and cost for each participating community; and WHEREAS, if successful, this would create an eligible safety plan that will open opportunities for US Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant funding that would not be accessible otherwise; and WHEREAS, the City of Seward needs additional funding to meet a number of its transportation goals and objectives; and WHEREAS, the grant funding opportunities are aligned with the 2030 Seward Comprehensive Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD,ALASKA that: Section 1. The City Manager is authorized to enter into a collaborative grant effort for the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant with the Kenai Peninsula Borough and other communities in the amount not to exceed $10,541. Section 2. Funding in the amount of$10,541 is hereby appropriated in the General Fund unassigned Fund Balance account number 01000-0000-3400 to the Streets Operations Contracted Services account no.01000-1310-7009. Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Seward, Alaska,this 12th day of September, 2022. CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA RESOLUTION 2022-100 T I / O E ,ALA KA risty Terr , Mayo AYES: Calhoon, Casagranda, DeMoss, Osenga, McClure, Terry NOES: None ABSENT: Wells ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: r nda J. Bal ou, MC City Clerk (City Se��j•+++uuIISio • .•`• OF SEi g** 0 : G � o�q,po ,' fr �ot. • SEAL • _ ! • tS' � NE1,�9 �Q'•• City Council Agenda Statement Meeting Date: September 12, 2022 : ' To: City Council Through: Janette Bower, City Manager From: Jason Bickling, Community Development Director Agenda Item: Resolution 2022-100: Approving the City's Participation in the Borough- Wide Safe Streets and Roads For All Grant And Appropriating Funds in the Amount Not to Exceed $10,541 Background and justification: The Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Department has reached out and coordinated an effort with KPB Communities to apply for the Safe Streets and Roads For All grant. This grant, if approved, would create an eligible safety plan for the Borough and each participating community, including Seward. This safety plan would address a number of community project needs and is supported by the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The intended scope of the grant would be to review all of the drivable surfaces on the Kenai Peninsula and identify concerns and develop a safety plan to address those concerns. Having this plan in place opens up federal funding opportunities that are otherwise unavailable to the state, Borough, or respective municipalities. It makes sense to apply as a larger group as it is less work for each community, we share roads, and the amount of investment for each community is decreased. City Administration is requesting official City Council approval to participate with the Borough and other communities and approve the cost for our portion of the funding. The suggested project budget from ADOT is approximately $1.2 million, with $960,000 in grant funds and there will be a minimum match of about$240,000 combined total from the participating communities. The cost distribution for the required match investment by each community was determined by taking the allocation by mileage of roads for each community and allocation by population for each community and averaging the two numbers. equal weight to each Match by Match by mileage and mileage population population KPB 180,786 $204,105 $157,468 Kenai 21,449 $12,420 $30,478 Soldotna 12,420 $6,994 $17,845 Seldovia 735 $765 $703 Homer 17,110 $11,255 $22,965 Seward 7,500 $4,462 $10,541 Tota 1 240,000 The match from the communities can be cash or in-kind and the City Manager is budgeting for the cash until the in-kind possibilities are known. 577 The types of grants available from having this safety plan in place are generally used to create safer roads for all user groups, but primarily pedestrians and cyclists. This is accomplished through work such as extending and enhancing sidewalks, bike lanes, signage, and arterial road improvements. The comprehensive federal list of categories is linked below. Proven Safety Countermeasures I Federal Highway Administration - Safety I Federal Highway Administration (dot.aov) Specific Seward Comprehensive Plan Priorities that can be addressed through applicable grants: 2.2.10.1 Traffic Management - Develop a transportation plan for Seward - Designate truck and bus routes to minimize traffic in residential neighborhoods. - Support enhanced public transportation throughout the community 2.2.12.3 Road Construction - Support Adequate funding to maintain safe roads year round - Support forward funding for major road repairs and upgrades - Enforce sight triangles at major intersections to improve traffic and pedestrian safety - Work with the Alaska Railroad Corporation to improve local railroad crossings 2.2.12.4 Sidewalks, Bike Paths, and Rights of Way - Approve a sidewalk and pathway policy to enhance pedestrian mobility and safety - Support efforts to maintain the integrity of the waterfront bike path - Support efforts to extend the bike path out the Seward Highway - Extend boardwalk to the South Harbor Uplands - Support reconstruction of the Benny Benson Lagoon boardwalk 3.4.2 Expand and maintain existing sidewalks and the multi-purpose trail system in order to provide safe, fully accessible, pedestrian pathways throughout the city. - Develop an improvement plan for safe pedestrian and vehicular traffic articulation, including sidewalk extensions and year-round maintenance of pedestrian pathways - Support the construction of sidewalks throughout the community - Connect schools and residential areas through the development of safe public rights of way, sidewalks and trails - Support the construction of a pedestrian and bike paths within the community If approved,the list of participating communities will go before the Borough Assembly for approval to apply and be funded on September 16. If successful with the grant application and a safety plan is developed, City Administration will be pursuing USDOT grants for a number of projects. Comprehensive and Strategic Plan Consistency Information This legislation is consistent with (citation listed): Comprehensive Plan: 2.2.12.1, 2.2.12.3, 2.2.13.4, 3.4.2 Strategic Plan: Other: 578 Certification of Funds Total amount of funds listed in this legislation: $ 10,541.00 This legislation (✓): Creates revenue in the amount of: $ x Creates expenditure in amount of: $ 10,541.00 Creates a savings in the amount of: $ Has no fiscal impact Funds are (✓): Budgeted Line item(s): X Not budgeted Not applicable Unassigned Fund Balance and Available Unrestricted Cash Balance Information Fund (✓): x General SMIC Electric Wastewater Boat Harbor Parking F1 Water F1 Healthcare Motor Pool Other Unassigned Fund Balance*: $ 5,405,940.93 *unaudited numbers Available Unrestricted Cash Balance*: $ 7,988,191.37 Finance Director Signature: Attorney Review RYes Attorney Signature: X Not applicable Comments: Administration Recommendation e✓ Adopt Resolution Other: 579