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RESOLUTION <br />• SUPPORTING AND AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR AN ISTEA <br />ENHANCEMENT GRANT - RUGBY ROAD BIKE LANE <br />WHEREAS, under the Intermodel Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) certain <br />funds are made available for enhancement projects, and <br />WHEREAS, the Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board is seeking proposals for <br />projects which meet the guidelines set forth for enhancement project, and <br />WHEREAS, the project presented is a bike lane and sidewalk construction, along Rugby <br />Road from Lambeth Lane to Wayside Place in the City of Charlottesville, and <br />WHEREAS, the project is in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan of the City of <br />Charlottesville, the Bicycle Plan of the MPO for both the City and Albemarle County, and the <br />Bicycle Plan of the University of Virginia, and <br />WHEREAS, the project is the top priority for enhancement projects for the City of <br />Charlottesville, the first having been approved for ISTEA funding in 1993, and <br />WHEREAS, the project is deemed meritorious and of benefit to the community and State, <br />and <br />• WHEREAS, in accordance with Commonwealth Transportation Board construction <br />allocation procedures, it is necessary that a request by resolution be received from local <br />government or state agency in order that the Virginia Department of Transportation program an <br />enhancement project in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia; <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of <br />Charlottesville, Virginia, requests the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish a project <br />for the improvement of a four -foot wide bike lane and a five to six -feet wide sidewalk from <br />Lambeth Lane to Wayside Place in the City of Charlottesville. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Charlottesville has capital improvement <br />funds to pay twenty percent (20%) of the total cost for planning, design, right-of-way and <br />construction of this project in accordance with the guidelines for ISTEA funding. <br />Adopted this 19th day of December, 1994 <br />CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA <br />By kA tofu -e-- ci! - <br />TITLE: Clark Q;E r; t=y n,...,.,,; i <br />• <br />