HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolutions (R-01-1800)-06/05/2001
RESOLUTION R-01-1800
A RESOLUTION NAMING AND ENDORSING THE "COTTON BEL T TRAIL district"
BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (BTD) CONCEPT, AND APPROVAL OF
THE COTTONBEL T TRAIL PHASE III FUNDING ASSISTANCE APPLICATION
SUBMITTAL
WHEREAS, the City of Colleyville supports the North Central Texas Council of
Governments' Bicycle Transportation District (BTD) concept to assist the
region in providing cost effective, cost efficient and safe intermodal access
for bicycle and pedestrian traffic; and
WHEREAS, this regional goal complements the established national goal to double the
current percentage of total trips made by bicycling and walking and to
simultaneously reduce the number of bicyclists and pedestrians killed or
injured in traffic accidents by ten (10) percent; and
WHEREAS, the City of Colleyville has allocated funding for the development of the
Cottonbelt Trail System, and hereby commits to twenty (20%) percent
local match for funding; and
WHEREAS, the City of Colleyville has recently adopted the "Colleyville Pathways: a
Citywide Trail System Plan" that, when completed, will serve to connect
the Cotton belt Trail to strategic destination points throughout the city; and
WHEREAS, the City of Colleyville has coordinated with adjacent cities for the
development of this trail corridor; and
WHEREAS the adjacent cities of Grapevine and Southlake currently comprise a
candidate Bicycle Transportation District (BTD) in Mobility 2020, the
regional long-range transportation plan; and
WHEREAS, the Colleyville City Council endorses establishing the name "Cottonbelt
Trail District" for this BTD for identification in Mobility 2025, the long range
transportation plan update, broadening the current candidate BTD to
include Colleyville among the other cities along the Cotton belt Trail.
Resolution R-01-1800
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS:
Sec. 1.
THAT the City of Colleyville adopts Resolution R-01-1800, approving the
use of $185,297 of Park Land Dedication Funds and $46,325 of Voluntary
Park Funds to serve as the local match for the submittal of a Statewide
Transportation Enhancement Program grant application for the design
and construction of the Cottonbelt Trail, Phase III.
AND IT IS SO RESOLVED.
PASSED BY A VOTE OF hAYES, 0 NAYS, AND
THIS THE S'tl- DAY OF ~2001.
o ABSTENTIONS ON
ATTEST:
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Cynthia Singleton, T
City Secretary
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Donna Arp
Mayor