10-28-93-9 (2) - Resolution - 10/28/1993 , '", "-~, ~9_;~ RESOLUTION NO. ~_ 9 3- 9 .-"~'~
.,,,~ A ~OLU~O~ AV~O~Z~ T~E ~YO~ TO S~G~ A~D SU~M~T A ~O~ECT NOM~NA~O~ ~ ~-:','~
~ FOR THE STATEWIDE T~SPORTA~ON ENH~CEMENT PROG~M PROVIDED FOR BY
~(~¥ THE IN~RMOD~ SURFACE TRANSPORTA~ON EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1991 (INTO) ~D TO
Xx~ COMMIT THE CIW OF COLLEGE STA~ON TO PROVIDE A LOC.~ MATCH OF ~E~Y (201
';,.~ PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COST. ' "~
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{.1'(':_ WHEREAS, The Cilv of College Station is committed lo improving the quality or' life thorough the
',~2~ bikewn s in College Stalion' - - '
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~.-' WHEREAS, the College Station B~ke Loop is in keeping with the Council Issue of a Bicycle Friendly
', i__~: Conmmuily and ill accordance wilh Ihe Ccdlege Slation Bikeway Master Plan; ' '
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";":~ WHEREAS, The College Station Bike Loop will encourage and promote bicycling in the city;
~ --' WHEREAS, Some of Iht benefits to bicycling include improvement in individual heallh and filuess, a ~-~)
/...~:.. t reduction in motor vehMe traffic, a reductirm in air and noise p. llutkm, iucmased tmnspo~ation,~, ,,,,
~ oppommilies tBr those withnut motor vehicles, and an enhanced sense or neighborhood and community
.[ ~ lhmugh increased pe~mud inleraclion between bicyclists and othem; .,~N ,
g¢,~ WHEREAS, The Statcwidr Trauspom, li,m Enhancement Pwgram is a pr-active comnmnity enhancement
,,." ~f program Ihat provides funding ii,r a broad range of lransporlation-re]ated ~ctivilies including bicycle and
--~ WHEREAS, The Slalew~de Transporlalion Enhancement program isa coq-reimbumable program whereby
/'..~ thnds are eligible l?,r rei,nburscment .f up l,, righly (80)percent or' the l-l.,l project cost:
'm ':- NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED:
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Yf: That the mayor is hereby authorized tt, sign the project nomination form of the Statewide Transportation
· ,,.~. I'''~'~; Enhancement Program iht Ihe development of the "College Siatiou Bike L-op"; i~ ,,,
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~'"~{~,;~ %at the City Council commils a local match of Twenty (20) Peweni ol the allowable costs identified in ~.' ' "",
c. -2~ the program; and,
,~.'¢ i That this Resolution shilll be cl'l~'clivc immediately upon adoption.
~ APPROVED ~D ~OPTED at a n:~lar meeting on the 28lh day of Oclober, 1993.
,,: . ~ ~T: ~ ADOPTED. ~ · ~ ,
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