12. Memo - Safe Routes to School Advisory GroupPage 1 of 1
City of Scandia
14727 209 th St. N. PO Box 128, Scandia, Minnesota 55073
Phone (651) 433 -2274 Fax (651) 433 -5112 http://www.ci.scandia.mn.us
DATE: April 1, 2021
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Ken Cammilleri, City Administrator
RE: Safe Routes to School
INTRODUCTION
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) is a program approach that promotes walking and bicycling to
school through infrastructure improvements, enforcement, tools, safety education, and
incentives to encourage walking and bicycling to school. It is both funded at the state and
federal levels.
If there is interest in pursuing this program, it recommended that a group form to help steer
the planning process and to prepare an application to obtain financial assistance to develop a
SRTS plan for the community.
RECOMMENDATION
The City Council is requested to consenting to the formation of an informal advisory group
to for the purposes of investigating possible participation in the Safe Routes to School
Program.
Please let me know if you have any questions.