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• RESOLUTION <br />Supporting and Authorizing Application for an <br />TEA -21 Enhancement Grant - Improvements to Airport Road <br />WHEREAS, the Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (TEA -21) provides certain federal <br />funds for transportation enhancement projects; and <br />WHEREAS, the Charlottesville -Albemarle Airport Authority and the County of Albemarle <br />intend to submit an application to the Virginia Department of Transportation seeking TEA -21 funds <br />for a project to construct landscaping, bicycle lanes, and sidewalks in conjunction with other <br />improvements to a portion (0.8 mile) of State Route 649 (Airport Road) in Albemarle County; and <br />WHEREAS,the Commonwealth Transportation Board, in June 1998 awarded partial funding <br />for this project; and <br />WHEREAS, the Charlottesville -Albemarle County Metropolitan Planning Organization <br />(MPO) has endorsed the project by resolution dated December 15, 1998 as being in accordance with <br />its Transportation Improvement Plan (TTP); and <br />• WHEREAS, the project appears to be meritorious and of benefit to the community served by <br />the MPO in that the Charlottesville -Albemarle Airport is an essential intermodal link for the <br />Charlottesville -Albemarle region and plays a critical role in the advancement and promotion of <br />tourism in this region; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of <br />Charlottesville, Virginia fully supports the application of the Charlottesville -Albemarle Airport <br />Authority and Albemarle County for TEA -21 Enhancement funds for this project; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that approval of this resolution is conditioned upon a <br />resolution by the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors wherein Albemarle County agrees to pay <br />the twenty percent (20%) local match of funds towards the total cost for planning, design, right of <br />way, and construction of this project, and to reimburse the Virginia Department of Transportation for <br />costs expended by it should the Airport Authority and the County of Albemarle subsequently elect <br />to cancel this project. <br />Adopted this day of / 199_. <br />CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA <br />By: xGci ciwP <br />• Title: e_&& K <br />, <br />