HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Resolution adopting the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for the Ames Area Metropolitan Planning OrganizationRESOLUTION NO. 25-467
RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE
COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN
FOR THE AMES AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
WHEREAS, the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant
program was established in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) with the primary
purpose to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway
fatalities and serious injuries through safety action plan development, refinement, and
implementation focused on all users; and,
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2023, the Ames Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) was awarded $100,000 in SS4A planning & demonstration grant
funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation for the creation of a comprehensive
safety action plan (CSAP); and,
WHEREAS, on March 25, 2025, the Ames Area MPO adopted by resolution a
target year of 2050 for achieving zero fatal and serious injury crashes in the Ame s
Area MPO’s current planning area; and,
WHEREAS, the Ames Area MPO developed a Comprehensive Safety Action
Plan with input from regional stakeholders, member agencies, the public, the Iowa
Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration and in
accordance with the requirements of the SS4A discretionary grant program; and,
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan will serve as the foundation
for future safety investments, guide the prioritization of strategies and projects, position
the MPO and its members to pursue federal SS4A implementation grant funding, and
advance the MPO’s commitment to achieving zero fatalities and serious injuries on the
regional transportation network by the year 2050.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Ames Area Metropolitan
Planning Organization hereby adopts the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
ADOPTED THIS 23rd day of September, 2025.
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Renee Hall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Beatty-Hansen
Seconded by: Rollins
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Boland, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Murken, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: Haila, Longhorn, and Popp
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Chair this 23rd day of September 2025.