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<br />, rt.~.~: ~p~ /)J(~ <br /> <br />a\ . :f~;~;--_. <br /> <br />(fle~~ tJ Jo r'~ f]aJ2 r< <br />T t!('~.r ~ce>ll <br /> <br />.""......~i:..;-:._;=...,._...:::.___........._..:::;,_ <br />.~~.. ~'..'./"/iI'''' .., <br /> <br />~~f1'I <\' " .' ;... <br /> <br /> <br />County: Harris <br />CSJ: OC;/2-71-P"7 <br />Project No.: 0212025 <br />Location: La Porte <br /> <br /> <br />~~ /tL~!t..=g_ <br /> <br />.' - c' Ii" <br /> <br /> <br />STATE OF TEXAS <br />COUNTY OF TRAVIS <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />MAR <br /> <br />8' <br /> <br />cO~ <br /> <br />"-OJ, - "-,,,;,_:i. 1 <br /> <br />ADVANCE FUNDING-AGREEMENT.....----i <br />FOR A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT <br /> <br />This Advance Funding Agreement for a safe routes to school project (the <br />Agreement) is made by and between the State of Texas, acting by and through the <br />Texas Department of Transportation, hereinafter called the "State", and the City of La <br />Porte, acting by and through its duly authorized officials hereinafter called the "Local <br />Government. " <br /> <br />WITNESSETH <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Local Government prepared and submitted to the State an application <br />for consideration under the Safe Routes to School Program for the project which is <br />briefly described as a Bicycle/Pedestrian Pathway on Business SH146 and SH <br />Spur501, from Fairmont Parkway south to Fairfield Street, hereinafter called the <br />Project; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) <br />and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) codified under Title 23 <br />U.S.C. Section 101 et seq., authorize transportation programs to meet the challenges <br />of protecting and enhancing communities and the natural environment and advancing <br />the nation's economic growth and competitiveness; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, ISTEA and TEA-21 establish federally funded programs for transportation <br />improvements, including safe routes to school programs, to implement its public <br />purposes; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Title 23 U.S.C. 9134 requires that Metropolitan Planning Organizations <br />and the States' Transportation Agencies to develop transportation plans and programs <br />for urbanized areas of the State; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code, 9201.614 directs the State to establish the <br />Safe Routes to School Program to enhance safety in and around school areas through <br /> <br />AFA - Safe Rts2School <br /> <br />Page 1 of 13 <br />