24-3439 Authorizing Submittal of Safe Streets and Roads for All Planning Grant Proposal

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RESOLUTION 24-3439 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE JOINT SUBMITTAL OF A SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PLANNING GRANT PROPOSAL TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH METROPLAN ORLANDO TO ASSIST WITH FURTHERING VISION ZERO INITIATIVES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry's adopted Multimodal Transportation Master Plan and Healthy Community Complete Streets Policy vision is to provide a safe, economically viable, equitable, and connected multimodal transportation network; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program is to help communities invest in meaningful Safe System strategies to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries through Safety Action Plan development and implementation; and WHEREAS, Vision Zero is a data -driven strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all; and WHEREAS, Vision Zero is founded on a Safe System approach that recognizes roadway systems and policies should be designed to protect people through shared responsibilities; and WHEREAS, through a previous SS4A award to MetroPlan Orlando, the City of Casselberry has developed a Vision Zero Action Plan, which identified high -injury locations, prioritized projects based on safety needs, addressed underserved populations, engaged stakeholders, and pivots to a Safe System approach to roadway safety that addresses all users; and WHEREAS, on May 13, 2024, via Resolution 24-3418, the City Commission adopted a Vision Zero goal to eliminate traffic deaths and severe injuries by 2030 on all City -owned streets and by 2040 on all other streets and roads within the City; and WHEREAS, through its SS4A program, the U.S. Department of Transportation allows for multijurisdictional grant applications to be considered; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Transportation may appropriate funding to assist with additional Vision Zero and Safe System approach planning efforts through the SS4A Program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: