HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-40RESOLUTION NO. 2020-40
A resolution of the City Council for the City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, supporting a grant application to
the Metropolitan Council for Safe Routes to School funds for the 49th Avenue area pedestrian improvements
from Johnson to Monroe Streets
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights is the official governing body; and
WHEREAS, a pedestrian routing study was conducted along 49th Avenue from Johnson Street to Monroe
Street; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights desires to add pedestrian facilities on and in the area of 49th Avenue
from Johnson Street to Monroe Street; and
WHEREAS, the improvements are intended to create a safe, efficient, and pedestrian friendly school routing
system; and
WHEREAS, the project is consistent with the City of Columbia Heights Comprehensive Pedestrian and Trail
Plan; and
WHEREAS, the proposed pedestrian improvements on 49th Avenue will provide east-west connectivity of the
local pedestrian system; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights accepts responsibility for an amount equal to or greater than 20
percent of the eligible project construction cost, together with the cost for design, administration, right-of-way,
and peripheral project costs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights is committed to the operation and maintenance of the improvements
under the City's jurisdiction for the design life of these improvements;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with the foregoing, and all ordinances and regulations of the City of
Columbia Heights, the City Council of Columbia Heights makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1.The Council adopts this Resolution in support of the request for Safe Routes to School funds for the 49th
Avenue Area pedestrian improvements.
2.That a copy of this Resolution be provided to the Metropolitan Council as part of the 49th Avenue
Pedestrian Improvements application for Safe Routes to School funds under the Regional Solicitation
Program (RSP).
Passed this 13th day of April, 2020
Offered by: Novitsky
Seconded by: Buesgens
Roll Call: All Ayes
ncil Secretary
ORDER OF COUNCIL
Donna K. Schmitt, Mayor