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HomeMy Public PortalAbout001-2011 - Grant - Local Highway Safety ImprovORDINANCE NO. 1-2011 AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL, ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM THE 2010 LOCAL HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Safety Administration (FHSA) has grant funding available through its 2010 Local Highway Safety Improvement Program (Local HSIP); and WHEREAS, said Local HSIP grant funds will provide up to Ninety Percent (90%) of a Sign Improvement and Replacement project's total cost; and WHEREAS, the City of Richmond desires to submit a grant application to the Federal Highway Safety Administration; and WHEREAS, if the City of Richmond receives the grant funds, such funds will be used to make improvements to and replace various street, safety, and information signs within the City of Richmond as required by federal mandates under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act; and WHEREAS, a local match of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) (10% of the project's total cost) is required. NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, as follows: 1. The City of Richmond is hereby authorized to submit a grant application to the Federal Highway Safety Administration. 2. The City of Richmond is authorized to accept said grant funding in an amount up to Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00). 3. Said funds, if awarded to the City of Richmond, shall be used to make improvements to and replace various street, safety, and information signs within the City of Richmond. Passed and adopted this _18th day of _January 2011, by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana. _S/S Diana Pappin President (Diana Pappin) ATTEST: _S/S Karen Chasteen City Clerk (Karen Chasteen) PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this _18th_ day of _January , 2011, at 9:00 a.m. _S/S Karen Chasteen City Clerk (Karen Chasteen) APPROVED by me, Sarah L. Hutton, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this _19th day of _January_, 2011, at 9:05 a.m. S/S Sarah L. Hutton Mayor (Sarah L. Hutton) ATTEST: _S/S Karen Chasteen City Clerk (Karen Chasteen)