HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 07-035 RESOLUTION PROVIDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE SUBMITAL OF THE TRANSIT FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PILOT PROGRAM (NTP) FOR SILVER LAKE ROAD Meeting Sheet
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Document: CC RES 07-035 RESOLUTION PROVIDING CIN COUNCIL
APPROVAL FOR THE SUBMITAL OF THE TRANSIT FOR LIVABLE
COMMUNITIES NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION PILOT PROGRAM
(NTP) FOR SILVER LAKE ROAD
CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
• RESOLUTION 07-035
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE
SUBMITTAL OF THE TRANSIT FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES NON-
MOTORIZED TRANSPORATION PILOT PROGRAM (NTP)
FOR SILVER LAKE ROAD
WHEREAS, The Non-Motorized Transportation Pilot Program(NTP), established by
the Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), establishing a grant program providing
communities with the opportunity to reduce the amount of driving by
improving conditions for bicycling and walking within a community; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, who are committed to sidewalks and trails, adopted a
mission statement for the City stating, "Our mission is to be a progressive
and livable community, a walkable village, which is safe and secure"; and
WHEREAS, the City has worked to make St. Anthony a walkable community by
incorporating sidewalks as the Bart of street reconstruction projects, such
as 29th Avenue NE in 2000, 39 Avenue NE in 2005, and the proposed
2007 sidewalk installation along Old Highway 8 and Highcrest Road; and
• WHEREAS, the City has worked with various governmental and public agencies,
including Ramsey County, Hennepin County, Three Rivers Park District
and Independent School District 282, on many projects to support and
participate in the construction of sidewalk, trails, and crosswalks to
enhance safe walking and biking routes to community schools and parks;
and
WHEREAS, the existing sidewalks along Silver Lake Road from St. Anthony
Boulevard to 37th Avenue NE are: discontinuous, substandard, narrow,
and in need of complete replacement; and
WHEREAS, St. Anthony Middle School and St. Anthony High School reside to the east
of the intersection of 33`d Avenue NE and Silver Lake Road, where the
existing Silver Lake Road sidewalk does not extend along the east
boulevard of Silver Lake Road; and
WHEREAS, construction of sidewalks on both sides of Silver Lake Road are proposed
as part of the reconstruction of Silver Lake Road between St. Anthony
Boulevard and 37th Avenue NE in 2008; and
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WHEREAS, Silver Lake Road is considered to be the main north-south arterial
roadway bisecting the City of St. Anthony, connecting the shopping areas
• of Silver Lake Village in the north and St. Anthony Village Shopping
Center on the south, creating links to Central Park and the St. Anthony
Community Center, and creating a pedestrian and bicycle link to St.
Anthony Boulevard and the Northwest Diagonal Regional Trail; and
WHEREAS, funding availability for the Silver Lake Road reconstruction is limited, and
the financial viability of installing sidewalks is currently in question; and
WHEREAS, the NTP grant program would provide the impetus as well as supplemental
funds to allow for the constructing of the proposed sidewalk on both sides
of Silver Lake Road as part of the proposed construction project.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of St.
Anthony supports and authorizes the application for funding under the NTP
program,to help finance the sidewalk installation along the east and west
boulevards of Silver Lake Road. The new sidewalk will improve safety
conditions, and will provide a more effective non-motorized link between homes,
local and regional recreational facilities, St. Anthony Middle School, St. Anthony
High School, and the Silver Lake Village residential and retail development; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council for the City of St. Anthony
authorizes City Staff to prepare and submit an application for the NTP program to
• Transit for Livable Communities for funding consideration of the aforementioned
sidewalk project.
Adopted this 27th day of March, 2007.
Mayor
ATTEST: hali
City Clerk
Reviewed for administration:
ity Manager
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