HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolutions (R-99-1503)-05/04/1999
RESOLUTION R-99-1503
A RESOLUTION NAMING AND ENDORSING THE "COTTON BEL T TRAIL
DISTRICT" BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (BTD) CONCEPT,
AND AUTHORIZING LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS IN ANTICIPATION OF GRANT
FUNDING FOR THE CONTINUED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF
THE COTTON BEL T TRAIL
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 previously allocated $212,016 of funding for the
development of the Cottonbelt Trail System, and hereby commits to
twenty-six (26%) percent local match for Congestion Mitigation Air Quality
(CMAQ) 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 Cottonbelt 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 and broadening the current candidate
BTD to include Colleyville among the other cities along the Cottonbelt
Trail.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS:
Resolution R-99-1503
Page 2 of 2
Sec. 1.
THAT the City of Colleyville adopts Resolution R-99-1503, approving the
use of $76,297.26 of Park Land Dedication Funds to serve as the local
match for the submittal of a Transportation Equity Act for the 215t Century
(TEA-21) Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality (CMAQ) or a State
Transportation Enhancement Program grant application.
AND IT IS SO RESOLVED.
PASSED B':f'IYOTE OF 4~V.ES, 0 NAYS, AND
THIS THE ~t.h DAY OF fJI.lfJ....!j--1999.
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Mayor
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