TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Jeffrey S. Goldman, Police Department
THROUGH: Chief Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: July 18, 2017
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GRANT APPLICATION/FDOT PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE SAFETY
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve the application to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in the amount not to exceed $65,000.00 for the pedestrian and bicycle safety education and enforcement program.
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Background:
The Police Department is seeking the City Commission’s approval to apply for and accept an award in the amount not to exceed $65,000.00 from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for the pedestrian and bicycle safety education and enforcement program. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), through the University of South Florida, provides funding to the law enforcement agencies for the education and enforcement of safe pedestrian, bicyclist, and driver behaviors in high priority counties throughout the state. The objective of this effort is to reduce traffic crashes and fatalities involving pedestrians and bicyclists through the use of traffic education and enforcement operations. This program supports the goals established in Florida’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Strategic Safety Plan. This initiative would follow an education, warning, and citation progression and would include a distribution of safety educational materials, such as printed materials and bicycle lights. The funds will be used for officer overtime hours spent conducting on-street enforcement operations associated with this program and FICA only. The initiative begins August 2017 and ends May 2018. The Delray Police Department believes that this funding will assist in providing the citizens of Delray Beach with safer roads.
City Attorney Review:
Approved as to form and legal sufficiency.
Finance Department Review:
Finance recommends approval.
Funding Source:
Funding is available from account number 001-2111-521-14.20 ...
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