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AGENDA TITLE: Authorize City Manager to Submit Safe Routes to School Grant Applications to Caltrans
MEETING DATE: April 19, 2000
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing the
City Manager to submit Safe Routes to School grant applications to
Caltrans.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City of Lodi, in conjunction with the Lodi Unified School District
(LUSD), has developed the first round of grant applications for
Caltrans' new Safe Routes to School Program. The Safe Routes
to School Program is a new program under the federal
Hazard Elimination and Safety Program. Over the last two years, this program has funded the Roadway
Illumination and the Kettleman Lane (Highway 12) and Crescent Avenue Traffic Signal/Median projects.
City of Lodi and LUSD staffs have come up with six locations in Lodi that could use improvements.
Exactly what improvements will be done and cost estimates are under development, but the prioritized
list and the proposed improvements are as follows:
Priority Location School Type of Improvement
1. Wimbledon Dr. and Scarborough Dr. Beckman Traffic calming
2. Lockeford and Stockton streets Lawrence Replace four-way stop with
signal and road improvements
3. Mills Ave. and Elm St. Reese Replace four-way stop with signal
4. Mills Ave. and Tokay St. Vinewood Traffic calming
5. Ham Ln. and Century Blvd. Tokay High Replace four-way stop with signal
6. Traffic Study Lodi High Recommendations for
alternate route and improvements
at Elm St. and Pacific Ave.
FUNDING: Safe Routes to School (SR2S) 90%
Transportation and Development Act (TDA) 10%
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Richard C. Prima, Jr.
Public Works Director
Prepared by Carlos Tobar, Transportation Manager
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APPROVED:
H. Dixon Flynn - ity Manager
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RESOLUTION NO. 2000-63
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL GRANT
APPLICATIONS TO CALTRANS
WHEREAS, Caltrans has developed the "Safe Routes to School" Program under
the Federal Hazard Elimination and Safety Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi recognizes the need for additional funding from the
Safe Routes to School Program to reduce accidental injuries and improve safety for
those students walking and bicycling to and from school; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi in conjunction with the Lodi Unified School District,
has developed the first round of grant applications for Caltrans' "Safe Routes to School"
Program and have prioritized a list of proposed improvements as follows:
Priority
Location
School
Type of Improvement
1.
Wimbledon Drive and
Beckman
Traffic calming
Scarborough Drive
2.
Lockeford and Stockton streets
Lawrence
Replace four-way stop
with signal and road
improvements
3.
Mills Avenue and Elm Street
Reese
Replace four-way
stop with signal
4.
Mills Avenue and Tokay Street
Vinewood
Traffic calming
5.
Ham Lane and Century Blvd,
Tokay High
Replace four-way
stop with signal
6.
Traffic Study
Lodi High
Recommendations for
alternate route and
improvements at Elm
Street and Pacific
Avenue
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the submittal of grant applications for Caltrans' "Safe Routes to School"
Program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager of the City of Lodi is hereby
authorized and directed to execute the grant applications on behalf of the City of Lodi.
Dated: April 19, 2000
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2000-63 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held April 19, 2000 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Land, Nakanishi, Pennino and
Mann (Mayor)
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
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2000-63
CITY COUNCIL
STEPHEN J. MANN, Mayor
ALAN S. NAKANISHI
Mayor Pro Tempore
SUSAN HITCHCOCK
KEITH LAND
PHILLIP A. PENNINO
CITY OF LODI
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CITY HALL, 221 WEST PINE STREET
P.O. BOX 3006
LODI, CALIFORNIA 95241-1910
(209) 333-6706
FAX (209) 333-6710
EMAIL pwdept@lodi.gov
http:\kwww.lodi.gov
April 13, 2000
Ms. Kathy Martin, Risk Manager
Lodi Unified School District
1305 East Vine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
SUBJECT: Authorize City Manager to Submit Safe Routes to School Grant
Applications to Caltrans
H. DIXON FLYNN
City Manager
ALICE M. REIMCHE
City Clerk
RANDALL A. HAYS
City Attorney
RICHARD C. PRIMA, JR.
Public Works Director
Enclosed is a copy of background information on an item on the City Council
agenda of Wednesday, April 19, 2000. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the
City Council Chamber, Carnegie Forum, 305 West Pine Street.
This item is on the consent calendar and is usually not discussed unless a
Council Member requests discussion. The public is given an opportunity to address
items on the consent calendar at the appropriate time.
If you wish to write to the City Council, please address your letter to City Council,
City of Lodi, P. O. Box 3006, Lodi, California, 95241-1910. Be sure to allow time for the
mail. Or, you may hand -deliver the letter to City Hall, 221 West Pine Street.
If you wish to address the Council at the Council Meeting, be sure to fill out a speaker's
card (available at the Carnegie Forum immediately prior to the start of the meeting) and
give it to the City Clerk. If you have any questions about communicating with the
Council, please contact Jackie Taylor, Interim City Clerk, at 333-6702.
If you have any questions about the item itself, please call Carlos Tobar,
Transportation Manager, at 333-6800, ext. 2678.
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Richard C. Prima, Jr.
Public Works Director
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