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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
RESOLUTION NO. R- 2004- w
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING
THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO SEEK
HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANT FUNDING FROM THE
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $35,000 FOR A
CHILD SAFETY SEAT PROGRAM PROVIDING FOR
A CITY MATCH IN KIND; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac desires to improve
motor vehicle passenger safety within the City; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Government has made funds available to the State to
for projects related to traffic safety; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation via the Highway Safety
Grant program sub -grants these Federal dollars to municipalities for traffic safety
priority areas; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac wishes to provide for
distribution of child passenger safety seats and provide education relative to the
proper use and installation of child passenger safety seats through submission of an
application for a Highway Safety Grant, a copy of which is hereto attached as Exhibit
A; and
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WHEREAS, the City Manager and the Fire Chief, recommend approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida deems it to be
in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac to seek
Highway Safety Grant funds through the Florida Department of Transportation in order
to provide a child passenger safety program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
Section 1: The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed
as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this resolution.
Section 2: The appropriate City staff and City Officials are hereby authorized to
seek grant funding from the Florida Department of Transportation Highway Safety
Grant Program in an amount not to exceed $35,000 and to provide a City match in
kind to provide a Child Safety Seat Program.
Section 3: All resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict.
Section 4: If any clause, section, other part or application of this Resolution is
held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, in part or in
application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or applications of this
Resolution.
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Section 5: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 24t" day of March, 2004.
ATTEST:
MARION SWE SON, CMC
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that
I have approved this
RESOLUTION as to form.
MITCHELL S. KRAF
CITY ATTORNEY
r
JOE SCHREIBER, MAYOR
RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE:
MAYOR SCHREIBER
DIST 1: COMM. PORTNER
DIST 2: COMM. FLANSBAUM-TALABISCO
DIST 3: COMM. SULTANOF
DIST 4: VIM ROBERTS
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Highway Safety Concept Paper
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Informational Form
Date: - -04
County: Broward County Fl
Agency: Tamarac Fire Rescue
Concept Paper Title: Child Safety Seat Program
type or rcequesc: type of Funding:
® Initial ❑ Continuation 112 Local ❑ Statewide
Priority Area of this Re uest: (Please Check Onli I Area Per Request)
❑ Alcohol ❑ Occupant Protection ❑ Motorcycle Safety
❑ Police Traffic Services ® Child Passenger Safety ❑ Traffic Records
❑ Speed Control ❑ Pedestrian/Bicycle Safety ❑ Community Traffic Safety
Head of the Agency
Name: Jim Budzinski
Title: Fire Chief
Mailing Address: 7525 NW 88 Ave
[City'
State, 'Lip Code: TaraoFlori�11321
hone Numer: (954) 76
Agency Contact
Name: Van Schoen / Diane Philli s
Title: Public Education Specialist / Asst. to the City Manager
Mailing Address: 7525 NW 88 Ave
City, State, Zip Code: Tamarac Florida 33321
Phone Number: (954) 724-2530 Fax Number: (954) 724-2438
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Budget Category
Personnel Services:
Contractual Services
tal Outla
Indirect Cost:
Project Total:
FDOT USE ONLY:
CP Number:
Postmark Date:
Date Received:
Funding Request Agency Match
$ $ $
$ $ $
$ $ $
$ - $ $
TSA Assigned Planner
TSA Assigned Area:
TSA Date Assigned:
Project Total
Entered Database:
Planner Received:
Receipt Letter:
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11 Agency: City of Tamarac (Fire Rescue) 11
11 Project Title: Child Safety Seat Program/ Bicycle Safety Helmet Distro II
Statement of the Problem:
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2000. 56% of children who were
fatally injured in vehicle crashes were unrestrained.The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported
that in 2001 70% of the children who died in crashes were age 2 or younger and restrained. Twenty
nine percent of the crashes studied were judged potentially survivable. While it was unclear why these
children did not survive, 12% were dtermined to have been placed in safety seats which were
improperly secured. Today's vehicles are designed to provide safe seating for adults via front and rear
seat belts, and many are equipped with driver and front passenge air bags. But to make vehicles safe for
infants and children. it's necessary to provide specially designed child safety seats, to install them
correctly and in the right location, and to use them without fail when on the move. (You may also see
these devices referred to as "child safety restraints," "car seats," or "child restraint systems.)
The Problem:
I . Many children are incorrectly placed in Safety Seats.
2. Many Safety Seats are incorrectly installed into vehicles.
3. Increasingly many families cannot afford to purchase the correct seats and therefore children are not
properly restrained, or if a child restrained is provided, it is not the correct restraint for the specific
child.
4. Many seats are incorrectly placed in the vehicle making the child more succeptable to injury in an
accident.
Much of the problem is attributable to a lack of education. Hospitals require a safety seat be used
when removing a newborn from their facility, but lack the personnel to actually install, instruct parents
on proper seat installation and use or even check for safety of the seat. The majority of of the title the
hospitals staff will direct new parents to Fire Rescue or Law Enforcement agencies for instruction on
proper use
Local safety seat vendors will be more then happy to sell seats to purchasers but due to the liability
they do not provide installation in most cases, again they are directed to Fire Rescue or Law
Proposed Solution: Tamarac Fire Rescue Proposes to provide a Child Safety Seats Program, to make
scats, information and instruction on proper use available to all residents in Tamarac the surrounding
area. This will be done by taking the program to the community rather than solely tasking the
community with coming to use. The City proposes to secure and equip a trailer with the materials
needed to provide a comprehensive program. This will criable the City to go to areas where people may
not be able to come to us. We would also plan to assist other municipalities throughout Broward with
their safety seat inspection programs.
In addition, print materials would be made available to anyone requesting them and provided to
residents who may be stoped on a traffic stops. Print materials would be placed on all Fire Apparatus
and made available to the City's local law enforcement.
Tamarac Fire Rescue Nvould schedule fiting stations quarterly and be available for community special
events year round.
Tamarac Fire Rescue will plan to Provide one Event per childcare facility in Tamarac a year, in addition
to the above.
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Proposed Solution: (Continued)
This service will also be made available at anytime with an appointment.
All seats and Inspections will be done by certified inspectors.
Objectives:
Safety Seat Program:
To correctly fit or replace any childs seat that is either damaged or the incorrect size for the subject
child. We will do this by on sight inspections and by education. we would expect to increase child
safety seat use by a minimum of' 10%, .
Evaluation:
Track seats Distributed
Track seats inspected
Track all Activities of the program
Track and Record all fiends collected for the seats
Traci: all events where Safety seats were involved
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Budget Request
Budget Category [7Funding Agency Project Total
Request Match
Personnel Services:
(include position title, salary, and
benefits)
Subtotal Is, .00 $ .00 $ .00
Contractual Services:
Subtotal $ 00 $ .00 $ 00
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Budget Category
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Project Total
Expenses:
(items less than OCO limit.
materials, printing, travel, etc.,
including shipping)
Subtotal
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Budget Category Funding Agency
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Operating Capital Outlay:
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item)
Subtotal $ 00 $ .00 $ .00
Indirect Cost:
Subtotal $ .00 $ .00 $ 00
1'rgjcct Total: $ OU $ .00 $ UO