HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2022-131 Authorization to partner on Fed Safe Streets & Roads grantMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
August22, 2022
TB Resolution 2022 – 131: Partnering with the City of Ithaca and Other Tompkins County Municipalities for the Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Grant Opportunity
Whereas, in 2022, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established the new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) federal grant program, with up to one billion dollars appropriated in FY22,
and with a local match of 20% of the project cost; and
Whereas, local municipalities are eligible to apply for funding to create a detailed transportation safety “Action Plan”, either individually or in collaboration with other municipalities;
and
Whereas, the FY22 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), states that applications with multiple municipalities partnering to create a plan will be more competitive for funding than applications
from a single municipality; and
Whereas, successful creation of an Action Plan in this grant cycle would make the partnering municipalities eligible to apply for implementation grants in future years of this grant
program, either individually or in collaboration again; and
Whereas, the City of Ithaca has agreed to be the “Lead Applicant” on this planning grant application, with multiple neighboring municipalities expressing interest in applying as “Joint
Applicants”, including the following in alphabetical order:
Town of Caroline
Town of Danby
Town of Dryden
Town of Ithaca
Town of Lansing
Village of Cayuga Heights
Village of Lansing
Whereas, the role of the City of Ithaca as Lead Applicant will be to complete the online application on behalf of all partnering municipalities for FY22 funding, with an application
due date of September 15, 2022; and
Whereas, the City of Ithaca is presenting a resolution to its Common Council on September 7th, requesting a budget to fund the study in whole at $750,000, to be eventually reimbursed
80% by the grant, with individual municipalities reimbursing the City of Ithaca for its share of the 20% local match; and
Whereas, the distribution share of the 20% local match isbased on population size, with the Town of Ithaca’sshare currently estimated at approximately20%, given the makeup of anticipated
partnering municipalities; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Town Boardhereby agrees to partner with the City of Ithaca and other neighboring municipalities to jointly apply for the SS4A planning grant opportunity to create
an Action Plan that uncovers both regional and municipality-specific transportation safety problems, as well as presents detailed regional and municipality-specific solutions; and
Resolved, that if the grant is successfully awarded, the Town of Ithaca Town Board agrees to reimburse the City of Ithaca for its share of the 20% local match ($150,000 total local match
for a $750,000 total project cost), specifically that the Town of Ithaca will reimburse the City of Ithaca for an amount not to exceed $30,000.
Moved: Pamela BleiwasSeconded: Margaret Johnson
Vote: ayes – Bleiwas, Johnson, Rosen, Howe, Goodman, Levine and DePaolo