Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 737 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY DIVISION
Division 25 - OREGON SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FUND
Section 737-025-0091 - Eligible Entities, Projects, and Activities for Construction Grants
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 737-025-0091
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) For the Rapid Response and Competitive Grant Programs:
(a) Eligible entities include:
ODOT, cities, counties, transit district, tribes and any eligible road
authority as defined under ORS 810.010.
(b) Eligible projects must:
(A) Be within a two-mile radius of a public
school.
(B) Provide safety
improvements that reduce barriers and hazards to children walking or bicycling
to and from school, including but not limited to the safety improvement
projects described in ORS 184.742(5).
(C) Fit within in a plan developed pursuant
to ORS 195.115. Plans may include, but are not limited to, a Safe Route to
School Infrastructure Plan (OAR 737-025-0094), a Transportation
System Plan, or other locally adopted plan.
(D) Be approved by the roadway authority
(governing body).
(E) Include, in
the application materials, a letter of support from the school district or
impacted school.
(F) Provide a cash
match as described in section (2) of this rule.
(2) Cash match:
(a) An eligible project must provide a cash
match of at least 40 percent of the total project's costs, except as provided
in this section (2).
(b) For the
Competitive Program the OTC may reduce the Cash Match requirement to at least
10.27 percent of the total project's costs when one of the following conditions
apply, or may reduce the Cash Match to at least 0 percent if
multiple conditions apply:
(i) The school is
located in a city with a population of 25,000 or fewer;
(ii) The project reduces hazards within a
Priority Safety Corridor; or
(iii)
The school site qualifies as a Title I School.
(c) For the Rapid Response Program, the ODOT
Director may reduce the Cash Match to at least 10.27 percent of the total
project's costs when one of the following conditions apply, or may
reduce the Cash Match to at least 0 percent if multiple conditions apply:
(i) The school is located in a city with a
population of 25,000 or fewer;
(ii)
The project reduces hazards within a Priority Safety Corridor; or
(iii) The school site qualifies as a Title I
School.
(d) A project
built with funds received from a past ODOT Safe Routes to School grant may not
be considered Cash Match and project expenditures can only be used as Cash
Match once. The Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee may increase ability
of applicants to claim project expenditures as Cash Match up to 120 months
before the application is submitted when one or more of the following
conditions apply:
(i) The school is located in
a city with a population of 25,000 or fewer;
(ii) The project reduces hazards within a
Priority Safety Corridor; or
(iii)
The school site qualifies as a Title I School.
(3) For the Project Identification Grant Program:
(a) Eligible entities include
ODOT.
(b) ODOT must provide a cash
match of at least 40 percent. The OTC may reduce the match.
(c) ODOT or its consultants must use the
grant award to provide technical assistance to cities, counties, tribes, school
districts, or any public-funded agency in support of identifying infrastructure
projects that reduce barriers and hazards of children walking or bicycling to
school.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 184.619, 184.740, 184.741 & 184.742
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 184.741 & 184.742
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