HomeMy WebLinkAboutApproved Request to Apply for Grant FormREQUEST TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS
OR PRIVATE FUNDS
Date: 11/18/11
City Department: Development Services / Engineering
Dept. Head Signature:
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A. What agency/foundation provides the funding you seek:
Federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program grant
B. What title would you give this proposed program/project:
Citywide Safe Routes to School Education and Encouragement Sustainability Program
C. Has this grant been applied for in the past? If so, when:
Yes. Applied for and received a $730,000 SRTS grant for Coolidge Avenue in 2008.
D. Brief description of the program you propose:
Collaborate with all 14 schools in National City to implement a Safe Routes to School
sustainability model for Education and Encouragement.
E. Describe the benefits of the proposed program or activity:
Improve health and quality of life for students and families by providing Walk to School
activities and incentives. Establish a parent volunteer base for each school to assist with
walk to school activities, student supervision along walking routes, traffic safety
monitoring in front of schools, and identification of concerns / proposed solutions.
Implement a sustainability model for Education and Encouragement to ensure efforts are
maintained.
F. Who will administer the program?
Development Services / Engineering
G. Does the grant allow for administrative expenses? If so, how much?
Yes. No limit.
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H. Does the program/project create on -going administrative expenses? If so, is the grant able to
cover those on -going expenses?
No.
I. Does this grant require matching funds or in -kind contributions from the City? If so, how
much?
No.
J. Complete the following table:
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
TOTAL
1. Grant or
foundation
resources
$200,000
$
$
$
$
2. General
Fund
contribution
$0
$
$
$
$
3. Other City
Fund
contributions
$30,000
$
$
$
$
4. In -kind
contributions
$0
$
$
$
$
TOTAL
$250,000
$
$
$
$
K. Discuss whether any of the City fund contributions (rows 2 and 3) in the above table represent
new expenditures or in -kind contributions representing existing expenditures.
Item 3 — $30,000 could be funded through CDBG.
L. To the extent that new or existing General or other City funds are required, when would they
need to be in place?
The $30,000 in new City funds would need to be in place by FY 12-13.
M. What FTE will be required: N/A
N. Are these new positions? N/A
O. What classification titles do you propose? N/A
P. Deadline for filing application: July 15, 2011
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Q. Program period: Not stated
R. When would grant/foundation award be made?
December 2011 (estimate)
S. Other information:
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego Center for Healthier Communities Safe Routes to
School Program wants to partner with National City to provide assistance on the grant
application and, if awarded the grant, provide program support and implementation for
all 14 schools Citywide. Rady Children's Hospital is a non-profit organization currently
providing community services in National City. They have extensive experience with
implementing Safe Routes to School programs. See attached description and grant
proposal.
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12Request to apply approved
❑ Request to apply approved — Department to notify Executive Management and Council
❑ Request to apply referred to Council — Department to present at City Council Meeting for approval
❑ Request to apply denied
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City Manager Signature Date:
Revised 4/21/11
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According to statistcs collected through The Emergency Medical Services of the San Diego Health
and Human Services Agency, pedestrian injuries are the second leading cause of unintentional
death for school aged children . Nationally in 2005, 33,571 child -pedestrians were treated in
emergency rooms throughout the US1. Many of these injuries are preventable through increased
driver, pedestrian, and bicycle safety education efforts.
Rady Children's Hospital is the sole Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in San Diego County and is
committed to providing community based programs to address the cause of injuries and
implement programs to reduce the number of injuries in high risk neighborhoods. Since 2000 The
Center for Healthier Communities at Rady Children's Hospital has participated in Safe Routes to
School programming in neighborhoods demonstrating the highest incident rates.
Initially funded by the San Diego- Department of Health Services the center worked with several
elementary schools in the Mid -City neighborhoods of San Diego. This program supported the
development of parent school safety committees, School Volunteer Parent Patrols, small scale
infrastructure improvements and the produced infrastructure warrants that subsequently
provided funding for infrastructure elements such as bulb -outs, crosswalk count down signals and
reinforcement of retaining walls near sidewalks.
In 2006, The Center was awarded a Caltrans Cycle 1, Non -Infrastructure SRTS grant to implement
a Safe Routes to School Program in all 26 elementary schools in Southeasternern San
Diego(District 4). This program follows a customized version of the National SRTS model
(addressing 5 elements: Evaluation, Education, Encouragement, Engineering, and Enforcement)
to target pedestrian and bicycle safety and to increase the number of children choosing active
transportation to and from school. We are examining the conditions around each school and
conducting projects and activities that improve safety and reduce traffic and air pollution in the
vicinity of schools. As a result, these programs make bicycling and walking to school a safer and
more appealing transportation choice, encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early
age.
All 26 elementary schools in the region receive the National SRTS one day training, are provided
with resources and technical assistance for Walk to School week and other related events, and
assistance with collecting survey data which represents each individual community. Six schools in
the District with the highest need for intervention have been selected as "comprehensive"
schools. These schools have been selected based on current injury rates and walking and biking
rates. Our staff is engaing each of these comprehensive schools in more intensive evaluation
and interventions representing all 5 "E"s
1 Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unintentional Pedestrian Nonfatal Injuries 2005
(United States, all races, both sexes, ages 0 to 14). Available from: URL: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisgars. [2006 April)
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Key components of Cycle 3 grant proposal: National City
1. Coordinate with the National City Engineering Division and Police Department to address
infrastructure needs and public and social safety issues around each school.
2. Establish a PTA or other sustainable parent -based volunteer team (Le. "Parent Patrols") at
each school site. This group will be trained and tasked with identifying concerns and
helping to implement solutions specific to each school.
3. Conduct parent and student surveys to evaluate areas of concern, perceived benefits
from recent Safe Routes to School infrastructure improvements, and establish rates of
walking and bicycling to school.
4. Encourage and incentivize active transportation with a sustainable tracking mechanism
such as " Saveagallon.org" or "iCommute websites". These technologies provide many
sustainable benefits to each school while reducing the staff burden of many other
incentive programs. Benefits include:
a. Tracking and monitoring of children walking and biking to school including
customizable reports on: financial saving, environmental savings, percent kids
walking and biking to school, etc.
b. Immediate feedback mechanism for children and parents
c. Mechanism to provide appropriate benefits for children
S. Collaborate with individual schools, parents and volunteers to implement Walk to School
Days and other community activites, including incentives for student participation (i.e.
punch cards or stickers for walking to school with monthly prizes).
6. Provide educational materials, curriculum and safety training for all students in National
City.
7. Establish a sustainablity model to ensure efforts at each school are maintained effeciently
for years following the grant.
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