File #: RES. 2023-R037    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 6/27/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/24/2023 Final action: 7/24/2023
Title: To request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Patterson Avenue - Libbie Avenue Streetscape Improvement project to fund the installation of pedestrian safety improvements, including new sidewalks, Americans with Disabilities-accessible curb ramps, and modifications to private entrances, and streetscape improvements, including drainage improvements, site furniture, and buffering landscaping along Patterson Avenue at its intersection with Libbie Avenue to its intersection with Maple Avenue.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney
Attachments: 1. Res. No. 2023-R037
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To request the Commonwealth Transportation Board to establish the Patterson Avenue - Libbie Avenue Streetscape Improvement project to fund the installation of pedestrian safety improvements, including new sidewalks, Americans with Disabilities-accessible curb ramps, and modifications to private entrances, and streetscape improvements, including drainage improvements, site furniture, and buffering landscaping along Patterson Avenue at its intersection with Libbie Avenue to its intersection with Maple Avenue.
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WHEREAS, in accordance with the Commonwealth Transportation Board's construction allocation procedures, it is necessary that the City Council by resolution request that the Board establish the Patterson Avenue - Libbie Avenue Streetscape Improvement project to fund the installation of pedestrian safety improvements, including new sidewalks, Americans with Disabilities-accessible curb ramps, and modifications to private entrances, and streetscape improvements, including drainage improvements, site furniture, and buffering landscaping along Patterson Avenue at its intersection with Libbie Avenue to its intersection with Maple Avenue;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND:
That the City of Richmond, Virginia, requests the Commonwealth Transportation Board establish the Patterson Avenue - Libbie Avenue Streetscape Improvement project to fund the installation of pedestrian safety improvements, including new sidewalks, Americans with Disabilities-accessible curb ramps, and modifications to private entrances, and streetscape improvements, including drainage improvements, site furniture, and buffering landscaping along Patterson Avenue at its intersection with Libbie Avenue to its intersection with Maple Avenue using $1,000,000.00 in federal Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside funding.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That, to the extent permitted by law, the City hereby:
1. Commits to provide a minimum 20 percent matching con...

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