HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-R-14 Resolution of the City of Jeffersonville in Support of Vehicular & Pedestrian Safety/VisionZero RESOLUTION NO c9c... /-/e_f
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE IN SUPPORT OF VEHICULAR
AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY/VISION ZERO
WHEREAS,the City of Jeffersonville's comprehensive plan, Building Jeff, urges the City to
work regionally in order to improve transportation systems and quality of life; and
WHEREAS,the CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE is coordinating with the Kentuckian Regional
Planning and Development Agency(KIPDA)to develop a regional traffic safety action plan to
analyze existing conditions, historical trends, systemic and specific needs and to identify projects
and strategies to address identified problems; and
WHEREAS,the project is utilizing an SS4A planning grant through the Safe Streets and Roads
for All Program; and
WHEREAS, said grant calls for participating communities to adopt resolutions in support of
Vision Zero a nationwide effort to eliminate preventable traffic crashes and their associated
injuries and/or tragic deaths ; and
WHEREAS,the City acknowledges that vehicular crashes and collisions involving vehicles and
pedestrians are a serious transportation issue and threat to our City's quality of life; and
WHEREAS,the City aspires to reduce and eventually eliminate traffic related fatalities and
serious injuries on its roadways;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE hereby
establishes a goal of achieving zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries by the year 2050.
SO RESOLVED AND DULY ADOPTED this /9 day of August, 2024, by the
Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville.
Common Council for the City of Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.
VOTED FOR: VOTED AGAINST:
This resolution shall be effective upon adoption by the Common Council for the City of
Jeffersonville and approval by the Mayor of the City of Jeffersonville.
J
Dustin White, Council President
ATTEST:
Li a Gill, Clerk
Presented by me as Clerk to the Mayor of said City of Jeffersonville on this
o?Q day of August, 2024.
Lisa ill, Clerk
Approved and signed by me on this cd day of August,20
Mike oore, Mayor