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Approving the Safe Routes to School policy plan.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul Safe Routes to School Policy Plan recommends ways that the City of Saint Paul, Saint Paul Public Schools, and Ramsey County can deepen involvement with Safe Routes to School activities and promote walking and bicycling to school in Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Transportation awarded the City of Saint Paul with funding to develop a Safe Routes to School Policy Plan to systematically address Safe Routes to School needs throughout the city; and
WHEREAS, City staff from the Department of Public Works, the Saint Paul Police Department, the Saint Paul Fire Department, City Council President Russ Stark’s Office, City Councilmember Amy Brendmoen’s Office, Saint Paul Public Schools, Saint Paul Ramsey County Public Health, and Ramsey County contributed to the findings of this plan via participation in a steering committee; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Safe Routes to School Policy Plan will inform the development of the upcoming Citywide Pedestrian Plan and the upcoming Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Committee considered the Saint Paul Safe Routes to School Policy Plan on July 17, 2017 and recommended approval to the Planning Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission found that the Saint Paul Safe Routes to School Policy Plan is consistent with the Saint Paul Comprehensive Plan and other addenda;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council adopts as City policy the Saint Paul Safe Routes to School Policy Plan dated June 2017; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council requests that the Planning Commission incorporate appropriate policies in support of the Safe Routes to School Policy Plan into the next update of the Transportation Plan and Land Use Plan chapters of the City’s Comprehensive Plan and into the forthcoming Citywide Pedestrian Plan.