Memorandum

City of Lawrence

City Manager’s Office

TO:	Mike Wildgen, City Manager
FROM:	Jonathan Douglass, Management Assistant
CC:	Debbie Van Saun, Dave Corliss
Date:	August 11, 2005
RE:	Pedestrian Safety Campaign Grant

Please include the following item on the consent agenda for the August 16, 2005, City Commission meeting.

Project Description

The City Manager’s Office requests approval to submit a grant request for KDOT funding of a Pedestrian Safety Campaign.  The campaign is modeled after, and utilizes materials provided by, the Federal Highway Administration’s Pedestrian Safety Campaign Planner. 

Action Request

Authorize the submission to KDOT of a grant request for the amount of $73,469 (over three years) for the following materials and services:

Staff salary, website design and maintenance, advertisements (TV, radio, newspaper, and cinema), posters, miscellaneous printing and binding, bumper stickers, tee shirts, pedometers, and conference expenses.