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January 12. 2010 Recommended Action: . Conduct the public hearing and receive comment . At the conclusion of the public hearing, adopt the attached ordinance authorizing the issuance of Public Utility General Obligation Bonds and Notes in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000. Vision principles: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community; A Robust and Prospering Economy. Next Steps Following Council Action: . The Chief Financial Officer will ensure the relevant reimbursements are made and all funds are appropriately disbursed. Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Mr. Heretick, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOT TO EXCEED $30,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION PUBLIC UTILITY BONDS." Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 10 - 18 - Adoption of a resolution expressing City Council support for an application for up to $500,000 in Safe Routes to Schools Grant Funding from the Virginia Department of Transportation. Vision Principles: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community. Background: . The Virginia Department of Transportation's (VDOT) Safe Routes to School Program (SRTS) assists interested localities and schools in the development of plans, activities, and infrastructure improvements to make bicycling and walking to school a safe and appealing transportation option for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. . The Safe Routes to School Program is a federally-funded program created under Section 1404 of the 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). As written in SAFETEA-LU, the purpose of the SRTS program to: . Enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school; . Make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age; and . Facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools. Discussion: . Under the goals, objectives and strategies of the City's Master Transportation Plan of creating Complete Streets and making multi modal forms of transportation available to all Portsmouth residents, including school-aged children, the City has applied to VDOT for SRTS grant funding in an available amount of up to $500,000. . The Portsmouth Public Schools has identified Churchland Elementary School as the school where pedestrian and bicyclist improvements are most desirable and feasible at this time. . If approved by VDOT, the funding would help to install sidewalks, crosswalk markings, pedestrian signage, traffic calming measures and mixed use pedestrian trails, all within % mile of the school.