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GARLAND
CITY COUNCIL ITEM SUMMARY SHEET
Agenda Item 6.
City Council Regular Session Agenda
Meeting Date:
12/13/2022
Item Title:
TxDOT Impaired Driving Mobilization (IDM) Grant 2023
Submitted By:
Jeffrey Bryan
Summary of Request/Problem
Council is requested to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a State of Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) –Impaired Driving Mobilization (IDM) Grant related to Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) enforcement in the amount of $14,998.68 for FY 2023.
The required enforcement periods are scheduled to be conducted on the following dates:
Christmas/New Year’s Wave – December 16, 2022, to January 1, 2023;
Spring Break Wave – March 3, 2023, to March 19, 2023;
Independence Day Wave – June 23, 2023, to July 9, 2023; and
Labor Day Wave – August 18, 2023, to September 4, 2023.
The grant will be utilized to provide a greater level of traffic safety for the citizens of the City of Garland. The goal of this grant is to increase the effective enforcement and adjudication of traffic safety-related laws; reduce the overall number of fatal and serious crashes, and to reduce the number of DWI-related crashes, injuries, and fatalities.
This item was considered by Council at the December 12, 2022, Work Session.
Recommendation/Action Requested and Justification
Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept the State of Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) – Impaired Driving Mobilization (IDM) Grant for FY 2023 in the amount of $14,998.68.
Attachments
TXDOT IDM Agreement 2023
TXDOT IDM Resolution
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