HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978 Resolution No. 004D80LUTIOR 1'0. 4 , 8BRIBS OP 1978.
A ISIOLUTI01' 8UPPORTl1'G AN APPLICATI01' TO TBB DDVBR RBGIONAL
OOUllCIL or GOQDllDT8 DQUB8Tl1'G THAT u. s. 285 BB'l'WBD SOUTH
IOTA n JalVB .Atm aotml BIK>ADWAY Bl C01'8TRUCTBD .AS A OD-WAY
OOUPLIT, WITH TD PDIDT U. 8. 285 Al '1111: DSTBOUND SBGllBlft'
DD laT ITHACA AVDDI AS TD U8Tll>U1'D DGllDT, AND THAT
ftJIDl1'G IOR TBl8 PROJBCT Bl APPROQD AS A SUBSTITUTE PROJBcr
Ullml TD 1-470 TRANBPIR.
tbe
WllBRIAS, tbe Federal Punc:t. originally programaed
for I-470, $158,287,000, were aade available for use in the
Denver Metropolitan Area; and
1DIBRBAS, approxiaately $81,200,000 of theae funds
r ... in available for tranaportation project•; and
WHB .. .AS, the llayor of the City of l111lewood, with
tbe unanillou• approval of tbe B111lewood City Council, on
Sept .. ber 18, 1977, re~uested tbat tbe Denver Relional Council
of Gover1111enta place u. s. 285 illproveaenta between South
Santa re Drive and South Broadway on the Re1ional Transporta-
tion Iaproveaent Prograa and to fund conatruction with the
I-470 tranafer funds; and
WllBRBAS, after due consideration the Englewood City
Council reaffiraa its position that the traffic conflicts on u.s. 285 between South Santa re and South Broadway involving
tbrouah traffic and local traffic can beat be aolved by
utilizing the present U.S. 285 aa the west bound section of a
one-way couplet and West Ithaca Avenue as the east bound
aection; and
WllBRBAS, u. s. 285 is the only eaat/weat arterial of
r .. ional aignificance aoutb of U. s. 8; and .
WBBRBAS, the recOllllended illproveaent to u. s. 285
in tbia area will greatly facilitate east/west regional 11e>ve-
aent and redUce traffic conflict• and accidenta.
NOi, TllP.BPORB, BB IT RBSOLVBD by the City Council
of tbe City of Englewood, Colorado aa follow•:
Tbat tbe Denver Regional Council of Governaents
place tbe one-way couplet of u. S. 285 between Soutb Santa Pe
Drive and South Broadway on the Regional Tranaportation Iaprove-
-nt; and
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Tbat tbe Denver Regional Council of Governaenta
approve tbe u•e of I-470 tranafer fund8 for tbe conatruction
of the iaprov .. ent• nece•sary to iaple .. nt the proposed one-
way couplet on u. s. 285 •
• IT l'URTBBR RBSOLVBD, tbat 11le City of Bnalewood
will cooperate witb any Federal, State, Re1ional or Local body
to facilitate tbe conatruction of tbe proposed iaproveaenta
and that, to thi• end, tbe City will co .. it whatever resources
are at it• di•po•al.
ADOPl'BD AIO> APPROVBD this n~ day of
January, 1978, at a Special Meeting o ~nglewood City
Council.
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lliyor pro tea-
ATTBST:
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trpJ.ty city Clerk
I, Janice L. Watkins, Depity City Clerk, of the City
of Sqlewood, Colorado, do hereby certify that 11le above and
fore1oins is a true, accurate and coaplete copy of Resolution
Ro. 4 , Series of 1978.