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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002 Resolution No. 043• • • l<E, 01.l 'TIO N , ·,,) !M.. SE RIE OF ioo1 A RE OLUT IO I AU1'HORIZ I NG APPL! A1'10NS F'OR THE 2003-2008 'l'RAK SPOR'l'A'I'ION :MPROVEME NT PROGRAM . WHEREA S, in the Tra ns portution Equ iLy Act (TEA -2 1) Metropo litan Pl anning Organization s h uve the respons 1hi lity LO dnve lop a nd ap-,rove the Tra ns porta tion l mpl'ovc ment Program (TIP); a nd WH ERK..\S , t he TIP program id en ufies ~h~ highest priority projec ts s ubm itted by Co!o rndo De pnrunent of Tra n por tat1 o n (CDO1 ), Regiona l Tra nsit Di strict (RTD), a nd 1.Jcal J1:rts d1 c uons to be implemente d ove r the next s ix yen rs; a nd WHEREAS, a minimum of twe nty perce nt (20%) match is req ui.-ed by the loca l sponao r ; a nd WH ERE:\ ·. the pa s age of this Resolution will a uthori ze the City of Englewood t o s ubmit appltca u ons on be h a lf of the c itize ns of th 1ty of Engle wood for 2003-2008 1'rnns po rtntion Im provement Program for Lh e fo ll ow ing proJects: 3000 ,:J.:00 So uth L'n ive rsity Sidewalks 300 0 -~600 Wes t Be ll ev iew Side wa lks So uth Bro dw ay S treetsco pe Hi yh way 2 5 Sidewa lks Bi t, IJry C1·eek Trail Co ns trucu on ; NO W. THE REFORE , BE 11' RESO L\"E'.) BY 1'Ht CITY COUNC IL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , CO LO RADO, THAT : ~. The City of Englewood, Colorado is h\?re by nuthol'ized to fil e t he applications fo r t he :W0 3-t008 Trans por tation Improve me n t Progrt!.dL ~. The Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to s ig n a nd a t test t he ap plication~ fo r a nd on be h ulf of the City Co uncil and the ity of Engle woo ri . AD OPTED ,1:-,;o APPROVED th is 19'' of F'ebr uari·, 1002. Co lorado. he reby ce rufy t he COUNCIL COMMUN ICAT ION Date Fel rua ry 19, 2002 Age nd a Item 10 c i Subject Resolution auth ori zing th e appli ca ti r,ns for th e 2003-2008 Transportation Improve m ent Pro ~ra m (TIP) INITIATED BY Pu blic Works Deoa rtm en t I STAFF SOURCE Ken Ross, Director of Public Works COUNCIL GOAL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION Col111ci l previou sly approved Reso lution No. 3, Series of 1996 and Reso lution No. 48, Series of 199 1) authoring applications fo r three o f th e projec ts included in thi s applica tio n. Two of the proj ec ts (University Side w alks and Bell ev ie" Sid ewa l!:s) are currently includ ed in th e TIP. Re-s ubmittal is req uired to maintain th e fu nding. Th e So uth Broa dway Str ee ts cape project appli ca tion was not funded in th e tw o previous TIP cycles. RECOMMENDED ACTION Th e Public W orks D epa rtm en t recom mends th at Co un cil auth orize ap pli cati o ns on behalf of th e cit izens of th e Ci ty oi Englewood for th e 2003-2008 Transportation Improveme nt i';ogram th E foll owin g p rojec ts: 3000-3-100 South Unive rsit y Sidewa lks 3000-3600 W es t Bell eview Sidewa lks South Broa dway Stree tscape Highway 285 Si dewa lks Big Dry Creek Trail Constru ction And th at City Co unci l authorize th e Ma)'or to sig n th e ap plication and th e City Cl erk to sea l th e ap plica ti ons and to ce rtif th at the Ci ty of En glewood will co mmit th e req uired matching funds for an y proj ec ts that ar e ap proved by DRCOG and incorp ora ted i n th e 2003-2008 TIP. BACKG ROUND, ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATIVE S IDENTIFIED In th e Transp ortati on Equi ty A t (TEA-2I ) Metropolitan Pl ann ing Organiza tions have th e res p onsib ility to develop and approve the TIP . The program iden titi es the h ighes t priority projec ts sub mitted by COOT, RTD, and lo al jurisdi ctions to be impl ement ed ove r th e n xt six yea rs. A minimum :m perce nt match is re quired b the loca l spo nso r, and in so me case s a grea ter match is proposed in order to help th e projec t score. o r if the p roj ct cos ts exceed th e limits es tabl,s hed by th e MPO. Th ere are over SO jurisdictions co n1pet i11 g for ,1·.,1ilab' ~ fun di ng. Staff ha s worked wi tl, th e Englewood Transportati on Adviso ry Com,11111 . the Plann ing ,111d Zon ing Commissi , , and Ci ty Counci l to try to iden tify the projects th at "ill sco,e the L•e t ,incl th ,11 ar in th e bes t in teres ts of th e ci ti zens of th e Ci ty of Englewood . FINANCIAL IMPACT There ,s poten ti ,1llv S6 I ~,000 111,1t chi n g funds be111g co mmitted sho uld all th e applica ti o ns score high enu ugh to be intluded in th e _Q Q3 -2 008 TI P. LI ST OF ATTA HMENTS R •,0!11 11 011 11tho n z11 1g th e ity of Englewood TIP Applica l/on • • •