Brian Schilling, property coordinator for the Town of Jackson, told the joint meeting that the town and county had been awarded $600,000 for planning under the federal Safe Streets for All (SS4A) program and that the planning deliverable is near public review. "Last year, the town and the county were awarded $600,000 from this program for preparation of a comprehensive safety action plan," Schilling said.

Schilling and the consultant team explained that SS4A funds support planning, supplemental studies, demonstration (quick‑build) projects and full implementation projects. The current Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) requires any implementation grant applicant to have an adopted safety action plan two weeks before the implementation application deadline. The NOFO for FY25 was released in late March; the application deadline is June 26, and staff said adoption at the June joint meeting would meet the two‑week requirement.

Schilling summarized candidate projects staff and consultants evaluated, and he told the boards there was no clear single "winner" that perfectly matched federal scoring and local readiness. He said several project types score well with the program: an expanded education program with local partners (A2), before‑and‑after data collection to measure outcomes (A5), and physical improvements on corridors/intersections. Staff highlighted three candidate implementation investments: systemic intersection improvements across town (B5), South Park Loop Road improvements (B1) and West Snow King Avenue corridor improvements (B2). Schilling said the high injury network analysis shows many of the highest severity crashes are on the state network, which complicates local implementation, but local intersections in the town also appear on the high injury network and are eligible for local projects.

Consultants advised diversifying a grant application (for example, combining education, demonstration and implementation elements) to increase the likelihood of receiving at least some funding. Staff said they were cautious about proposing projects that would require complicated state coordination or significant changes to state‑controlled intersections within the short grant timeline.

Councilman Speer moved "to direct staff to proceed with preparing a grant application for implementation funding, including the following, B1, B2, and our planning and demonstration options of A2 and A5." The motion passed unanimously at the town level; the county commission later passed a substantially similar motion.

Schilling and consultants said typical timing under SS4A grants means application in June, award notifications later in 2025, and project agreements likely in 2026 with implementation in subsequent years depending on project scope. Elected officials asked about timing, cost estimates and program criteria; staff said more analysis will follow as the consultants and staff finalize the draft plan and incorporate the FY25 NOFO language.

Ending: With the boards' direction, staff will prepare a diversified SS4A implementation grant application that includes an education expansion and before/after data collection plus candidate implementation projects on South Park Loop Road and West Snow King Avenue. Staff will return with the adopted safety action plan and specific project details needed to finalize a grant application ahead of the June 26 deadline.