Title
Fiscal Year 2021-22 Governor's Office of Highway Safety Grant Agreement - Amendment 1 (Ordinance S-49026)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to amend grant agreement 2022-PS-008 with the Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety to accept an additional $100,000 in federal Fiscal Year 2021-22 funding. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
On Feb. 17, 2021, City Council approved a request to apply for, accept and enter into agreements for Fiscal Year 2021-22 Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) grants (Ordinance S-47327). The Street Transportation Department (Streets) was awarded $25,000 for Roadway Safety/Education Programs to develop and enhance the educational campaigns and tools for school, bicycle, and pedestrian safety. Requests for pedestrian and bicycle safety included funds for pedestrian safety promotional materials, bicycle helmets, reflective gear, and LED flashing stop paddles.
In April 2022, Streets requested an additional $100,000 from GOHS to develop additional bilingual (English and Spanish) bicycle and pedestrian safety campaign material to include public service announcements (PSAs), printed materials, and the purchase of media spots on radio and/or social media to increase the reach of the PSA messages. In August 2022, GOHS agreed to distribute the additional $100,000 to Streets.
Contract Term
The grant agreement expires on Sept. 30, 2022.
Financial Impact
The original ordinance authorized $5,632,058 in funding for the City Prosecutor's Office and the Fire, Police, and Street Transportation departments. With this additional $100,000 for Streets, the new funding amount will be $5,732,058.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
City Council approved Ordinance S-47327 to apply for, accept and enter into agreements for Fiscal Year 2021-22 GOHS grants on Feb. 17, 2021.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.