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Staff is requesting authorization to file an application for Communities Putting
Prevention to Work (CPPW) — Safe Routes to School Capacity Building and
Planning Grant Program funds through the San Diego Association of
Governments (SANDAG) for the National City Safe Routes to School "Education
and Encouragement Initiative". The grant request is for $30,000 with a local
match of $10,000, resulting in a total project cost of $40,000.
This grant will build upon the City's prior Safe Routes to School efforts, which
total over $4 million in capital improvements, to enhance safety for students in
school zones and feeder neighborhoods. The purpose of the project is to educate
students and parents on traffic safety, and strengthen partnerships with the
school districts, individual schools and Community organizations to encourage
more students to walk to school. Funding will be used to provide collaborative
workshops, educational pamphlets, safety training, volunteer programs, and walk
to school activities. Coordination efforts will begin this Spring with key events
programmed for the Fall in order to ensure completion of the project by February
1, 2012.
Council Resolution supporting the project, committing matching funds, and
agreeing to the completion deadline of February 1, 2012 is required upon
submittal of the grant application.