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1/2912014 ORIGINAL RESOLUTION NO. 15314 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY SUPPORTING THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR MEASURE A PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PROGRAM FUNDING FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redwood City,that WHEREAS,the City is committed to increasing the safety and the number of students walking and bicycling to school, and it has completed a Safe Routes to School Report which identified improvements to make to the city infrastructure, and WHEREAS,the City has created the Safe Routes to School Improvement Project to implement the report recommendations, and WHEREAS, it will cost$1,123,000 to implement the project scope, and WHEREAS,the City wishes to sponsor the implementation of the project scope, and WHEREAS,the City seeks$976,780 in grant funds for Safe Routes to School Improvement Project, and WHEREAS, on June 7, 1988, the voters of San Mateo County approved a ballot measure to allow the collection and distribution by the San Mateo County Transportation Authority(TA)of a half-cent transactions and use tax in San Mateo County for 25 years, with the tax revenues to be used for highway and transit improvements pursuant to the Transportation Expenditure Plan presented to the voters (Original Measure A); and WHEREAS, on November 2, 2004, the voters of San Mateo County approved the continuation of the collection and distribution by the TA the half-cent transactions and use tax for an additional 25 years to implement the 2004 Transportation Expenditure Plan beginning January 1, 2009 (New Measure A); and WHEREAS,TA issued a Call for Projects for the Measure A Pedestrian and Bicycle Program on December 9, 2013, and ATTY/RESO.2943/SAFE ROUTE RESO.#15314 REV:01-23-14 JS MUFF#505 1