HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2012-054 Supporting MN Safe Routes to School Grant Program & Funding RESOLUTION NO. 2012-54
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT
FOR THE CREATION AND FUNDING OF A
MINNESOTA SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Minnesota Department of Transportation received 82 Safe Routes to
School grant requests in 2011 totaling $23 million but were only able to fund 16 with the
$3.8 million in federal funds that were available; and
WHEREAS, about one-third of the children in the United States are obese or
overweight; and
WHEREAS, the number of obese and overweight children has tripled in the last
20 years and is expected to increase at an even more rapid rate; and
WHEREAS, 43% of children that live less than a mile from school are driven to
school; and
WHEREAS, walking one mile to and from school would equal 2/3 of the
recommended daily physical activity, and
WHEREAS, many children do not get the recommended 30 minute minimum of
moderate to vigorous physical activity most days; and
WHEREAS, $14 billion is spent annually in United States on child obesity related
health care, and
WHEREAS, studies have shown that physical activity has a positive effect on
scholastic achievement, cognitive ability, reducing tobacco use, insomnia, depression,
anxiety and body mass index; and
WHEREAS, epidemiologists have forecasted that today's American children may
be the first generation to live shorter lives than their parents because of disease related
to physical inactivity.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Edina City Council
encourages the Minnesota Legislature to pass and Governor Dayton to sign a bill
that creates a Minnesota Safe Routes to School Program and funds it with an
allocation of$3 million in the 2012 Bonding Bill.
Dated: April 3, 2012
Attest:
ebra A. Mangen, C y Cl k James B. Hovland, Mayor
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
7450 Metro Boulevard• Edina,Minnesota 55439
www.EdinaMN.gov.952-826-0371 •Fax 952-826-0392
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify
that the attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its
Regular Meeting of April 3, 2012, and as recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of ' 20
City Clerk