Lake County Illinois - File #: 23-1038

• File #: 23-1038
• Version: 1
• Name: CMAP Regional Safety Plan Appropriation
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/13/2023
• In control: Public Works and Transportation Committee
• Final action: 8/8/2023
• Title: Joint resolution appropriating $115,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the required local match associated with the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant received by 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 Lake County Safety Action Plan.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/8/2023	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
7/27/2023	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
7/26/2023	1	Public Works and Transportation Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title
Joint resolution appropriating $115,000 of 1/4% Sales Tax for Transportation funds for the required local match associated with the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant received by 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 Lake County Safety Action Plan.

Staff Summary
* Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), in partnership with the counties in the region, applied for a joint planning grant to develop a regional and individual county-wide safety action plans through the United States Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Safe Streets for All Program (SS4A).
* The SS4A Program is authorized for six billion 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.
* CMAP was awarded $3,896,000 of SS4A grant funds to assist in the development of the safety plans, including a Safety Action Plan for Lake County.
* Lake County's local cost share for the study is included in the Transportation Improvement Program.

Body
RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, 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, this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, on November 15, 2022, adopted an agreement with CMAP stating the terms and conditions for the creation of a Lake County Safety Action Plan; 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 selected CMAP's Safe Travel for All Roadmap project for funding; and

WHEREAS, completion of safety actio...