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Joint resolution authorizing an agreement with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) that will guide the partnership and technical assistance services to be provided by CMAP for the creation of a county-wide safety action plan.
Staff Summary
* Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), in partnership with the counties in the region, has applied for a joint planning grant to develop a regional and seven county-wide safety action plan through the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Safe Streets for All Program (SS4A).
* The SS4A program is authorized for six billion dollars in competitive grants over the next five years.
* Once an agency has an approved safety action plan, they are eligible in future application cycles to apply for implementation grants through the SS4A program.
* If the grant is awarded, CMAP will provide staff assistance and technical support to assist Lake County in developing a Safety Action Plan.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, this Lake County Board, on September 13, 2022, adopted a resolution in support of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's (CMAP) joint application for a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) planning grant through the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT); and
WHEREAS, the SS4A grant program, which invests up to six billion dollars over five years to fund local efforts to reduce roadway crashes and fatalities, recently accepted applications through the USDOT; and
WHEREAS, completion of safety action plans will allow for future grant applications through the SS4A program to implement components of the plan; and
WHEREAS, Lake County adopted its current Strategic Plan in July of 2019, which includes a goal to reduce the number of fatal and serious injury crashes on Lake County roadways; and
WHEREAS, CMAP adopted the ON TO 2050 Plan as the long-range regional comprehensive plan for the seven-county Chicago region, providing technical assistance as a means of advanc...
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