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" :13J ATTACHMENT A APPROVED PROJECT DESCRIPTION SPEED SELECTIVE T~FIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (STEP) , City of San Marcos (Name of Sub grantee) I. AUTHORIZATION: This grant implements Task B, Sub-Task 1, of 97-01-01 of the FY97 Highway Safety Plan. II. PROBLEl\1 STATEMENT: Speeding continues to be a major contributor to traffic crashes and resulting injuries and fatalities, not only on our State's highways, but on all types of roadways within our cities and counties as well. The Sub grantee has the opportunity through this Speed STEP to focus enforcement efforts on those streets and roadways that have a high number of speed-related crashes and/or experience at least 50% noncompliance with the posted speed limits. .¡ The 1994 Save City/Save County Ranking for Speeding, as described in the annual Highway Safety Plan, ranks Texas cities and counties with respect to the severity of the problem. The Subgrantee is on that list with a Weighted Ranking Number of 3.5 , This is the 3rd year the Subgrantee has received federal 402 funds for Speed STEP. III. OBJECTIVES: A. To reduce the number of speed crashes' by 5 % from the baseline year (12 months: OCTOBER 1, 199 5 through SEPTEMBER 30, 199~) total number of 338 speed crashes to 320 speed crashes by September 30, 1997. B. To reduce the percentage of vehicles exceeding the speed limit by 4 % by September 30, 1997. C. To increase the total number of speed citations by at least 5 .% from the baseline year (12 months: OCTOBER 1, 199 ~ through SEPTEMBER 30, 199~) total number of 3,816 speed citations to 4,000 speed citations by September 30, 1997. Nothing in this agreement shall be interpreted as a requirement, formal or informal, that a police officer issue a specified or predetermined number of citations in pursuance of the Subgrantee's obligations hereunder. SPEED. 7/96 page 1 of 6