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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPedestrian-Traffic Safety committee and Inter-local Cooperative Agreement, 1976PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEEANDINTERLOCALCOOPERATIVEAGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this 22nd day of December 1976 by and among the City of Bozeman Montana a municipal corporation hereinafter referred to as the city the Bozeman High School District and School District No 7 of Gallatin County Montana hereinafter referred to as the district and Gallatin County of Montana hereinafter referred to as the county RECITALS WHEREAS the governing bodies of the city district and county are mutually interested in solving problems of pedestrian traffic safety and WHEREAS the complexities of the problems require cooperation and coordination of local as well as state governmental units and WHEREAS there exists no established expertise within the city district or county to coordinate solutions to pedestrian traffic safety and WHEREAS said governmental bodies have expressed a desire to establish an inter local cooperative agreement to establish pursuant to Title 32 Chapter 46 R C M a local committee for the purpose of developing expertise and advising said governmental bodies in pedestrian traffic safety problems and to promote public safety and to reduce traffic death injuries and property losses resulting from traffic accidents NOW THEREFORE it is resolved and agreed by the city district and county acting through their respective governing bodies in regular session assembled as follows Pedestrian Traffic Safety Committee 1 That there is hereby created by the city district and county an organization to be known as the Pedestrian Traffic Safety Committee 2 That the members of said committee shall be eight 8 in number and shall be appointed as follows a Two 2 members appointed by the county b Two 2 members appointed by the city c Two 2 members appointed by the district d Two 2 members appointed by the majority recommendation of the members appointed by said governing bodies e The City Manager Superintendent of Schools and the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners or their appointees shall be ex officio members of said committee 3 The committee shall solicit and name consultants from agencies with functional and operational responsibilities as well as the users of the transportation systems including parent groups 4 Theiunc tions of the committee shall be to meet publicly at regular intervals to consider pedestrian traffic safety establish priorities and to make such recommendations to the governing bodies consistent with said priorities which will promote public safety and in their opinion reduce traffic death injuries and property losses resulting from traffic accidents The following shall be the general goals of the committee a To encourage the development of those physical facilities and services necessary to establish the safe efficient and convenient mobility of pedestrian vehicular traffic in a manner of co existence Short range goal b To develop in all children at the earliest possible age the ability to assume responsibilities for their own safety as pedestrians and cyclists 2 Intermediate goal c To encourage the development of the community attitude which will promote harmony between multi transportation modes and the urban environment Long range goal 5 The committee may appoint a clerk who shall be custodian of its records and shall perform such other duties as are prescrib d by law or are necessarily implied by the activities and duties of the committee 6 The terms of members who are employees or officers of any of the participating governing bodies and serve as their representative on the committee are co extensive with the terms of office to which they have been appointed or elected the terms of other members are two 2 years or until his or her successor is appointed unless the governing body appoints another to serve as its representa tive To provide for sta gered terms the governing body shall initially appoint one 1 member for one 1 year and one 1 member for a term of two 2 years and each appointment thereafter shall be for a two 2 year period 7 That vacancies shall be filled for any expired or unexpired term by the governing body that made the original appointments and any citizen appointee may be removed from the membership by the governing body represented by the appointee 8 That members shall receive no salary for services on the board but actual and necessary expenses incurred while acting under orders of the committee may be paid 9 That the board shall fix the time for holding regular meetings but it shall hold at least quarterly meetings with the annual meeting being held at the first regular meeting in each year Special meetings may be 3 III called by the Chairman of the board or by the joint request of any three 3 members of the committee 10 The board shall annually prepare and submit to the governing bodies no later than June 1 of each year a proposed budget governing its activities for the ensuing year Monies appropriated by the governing body shall be kept in their respective treasuries and paid out in accordance with their respective policies II Should one of the governing bodies wish to withdraw as a participant in this agreement such withdrawal shall be made at the end of the fiscal year of the organization 12 The conunittee shall have perpetual existence PASSED AND ADOPTED by a majority vote of the City Corrunission of the City of Bozeman in the regular session on the 22nd day of December 1976 6 JiPIJ2ee yor ATTEST V r81efiis4 PASSED AND ADOPTED by a majority vote of the trustees of the Bozeman High School District and School District No 7 of Montana in regular session on the iLday of cf 1976 v1Chaf ci ATTEST 4 Clerk of the Board PASSED AND ADOPTED by a majority vote of the Gallatin 4 J Board of County Commissioners in regular session on the 22 day of Q t 1977 A Mb Chairman of the B1rrd ATTEST L X Clerk of the Department of Attorney General ft Helena Montanar t 19 APPROVED AS TO FORM fdek 5