HomeMy WebLinkAboutDesignation of Environmental Certifying Official, Emily Dickinson School Safe Routes to School GrantCommission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Lieutenant Rich McLane, Bozeman Police Department
SUBJECT: Designation of Environmental Certifying Official, Emily
Dickinson School Safe Routes to School Grant
MEETING DATE: February 4, 2008
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1) Appoint Lieutenant Rich McLane, Bozeman Police Department as
Environmental Certifying Official as project manager for Emily
Dickinson Safe Routes to School grant, project 1299(26).
2) On appointment to position, authorize Mayor Jacobson to sign
appointment document on behalf of entire commission.
BACKGROUND:
In January 2007, the City of Bozeman agreed to work as a partner with Emily
Dickinson school officials, neighbors and volunteers in completing a grant application to
the MT Department of Transportation, Safe Routes to School program. The program is
designed to give financial assistance for programs that encourage walking, biking and
wheeling to school. Part of this program includes instruction on healthy lifestyles,
equipment purchases for bicycle and pedestrian safety fairs and infrastructure
improvements at or near the school to promote this program through improved safety.
In July 2007, the City of Bozeman was informed the grant was approved.
Numerous non-infrastructure purchases and programs were implemented in the fall of
2007, including an educational safety fair, participation in international walk to school
day and purchase of curriculum supplies geared toward education on healthy lifestyles
and bicycle/pedestrian safety. Lieutenant Rich McLane is the project manager for this
grant.
In November 2007, the City of Bozeman was informed that federal approval had
been received for purchase of infrastructure improvements, including bicycle racks, cones
for drop-off locations and improved signage for children’s safety. Additionally, the
purchase of 4 SPEEDsentry Radar illumination units was approved. These units collect
data on speeds of vehicles and advise drivers of their speed. Similar units have been used
in various parts of the city to determine needs for speed enforcement as well as an
effective deterrent to speeding. These particular units will be placed on streets adjacent
to Emily Dickinson School, to include W. Durston, N. 27th, N. 19th, Annie Street, etc.
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These units will serve as an effective technological augmentation to patrol enforcement
of school zones. Once purchased, these units become permanent property of the City of
Bozeman.
Because these program funds are federally approved, an environmental certifying
official must be appointed. LT McLane has already determined through contact and
conversations with MDT officials, that none of the infrastructure purchases or programs
requires environmental review, permits or mitigation. However, in order to receive final
approval for these purchases, formal appointment and completion of related
documentation by the designated Environmental Certifying Official must be completed.
This program continues to be an invaluable program for supporting healthy
lifestyles with our children and demonstrate the cities willingness to work
collaboratively. Direct benefits of promoting safety for children attending this school
also translate into encouraged safe driving for all persons driving near this school.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None
Respectfully submitted,
____________________________________
Rich McLane
Lieutenant, Bozeman Police Department
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City of Bozeman
411 E. Main
Bozeman, MT 59715
CTEP Supervisor, CTEP Section
Montana Department of Transportation
2701 Prospect Avenue
PO Box 201001
Helena, MT 59620-1001
Subject: Designation of Environmental Certifying Official
Reference: Project Number: SRTS 1299(26)
Project Name: Radar Units-Bozeman
Uniform Project Number: 6625
This is to notify you that Lieutenant Rich McLane, Bozeman Police Department, is designated
as the Environmental Certifying Official responsible for all activities associated with the
environmental review process to be completed in conjunction with the development of the
approved transportation project referenced.
Signature
Typed Name and Title
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