E2. Roundup for Safety Grant AcceptanceCITY 7tialM.
KALISPELL
MEMORANDUM
To: Doug Russell — City Manager
Cc: Keith Haskins, PE — City Engineer
From: Susie Turner, PE — Public Works Director
Re: Acceptance of Flathead Electric Roundup for Safety Grant
Meeting Date: March 2, 2020
BACKGROUND: In a recent speed study the Public Works Department completed along 4th
Avenue East, it was noted traffic within the school zone was exceeding the posted speed limit.
Roughly 85% of the vehicles were speeding in the school zone. There are currently standard
school zone signs at each end of the school zone on 41h Avenue East. To improve the awareness
of the school zone, the Public Works Department is proposing the installation of driver feedback
signs telling oncoming traffic their speed.
To offset some of the costs of these new signs, the Public Works Department submitted a grant
application to the Roundup for Safety Program. The grant request was successful and $8,000
was allocated to this project by the Roundup for Safety Program. The total cost for this project is
$10,656.58.
REQUESTED MOTION: Accept the $8,000 grant from the Roundup for Safety program and
approve the expenditure of $2,656.58 from Traffic Signal Line Item 92500-421-430264-243 to
pay for the remaining project cost.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The City of Kalispell will pay the remaining $2,656.58 out of the Traffic
Signal Line Item 92500-421-430264-243. After this expenditure, the remaining fund balance
will be $21,078.42
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