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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2019-21 Supporting SR434 Planning Study RESOLUTION NUMBER 2019-21 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE SEMINOLE COUNTY STATE ROAD 434 CORRIDOR PLANNING STUDY AND ENCOURAGING SEMINOLE COUNTY AND OTHER JURISDICTIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO TAKE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO COMPLETE THE SHORT TERM PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE STUDY AS SOON AS FEASIBLE FOR PURPOSES OF IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ALONG THE STATE ROAD 434 CORRIDOR EAST OF STATE ROAD 417; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS,FLORIDA,AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that traffic and pedestrian safety along the State Road 434 corridor is a matter of important public concern and requires inter-governmental cooperation to comprehensively improve public safety; and WHEREAS, on September 23, 2019, Seminole County officials attended the City Commission meeting and publicly presented the "SR 434 Corridor Planning Study" ("SR 434 Study"); and WHEREAS, the SR 434 Study outlines a series of Short-Term Projects intended to significantly have a high impact on improving traffic and pedestrian safety along the subject corridor east of State Road 434 within multiple jurisdictions including within the municipal boundaries of the city of Winter Springs; and WHEREAS, such Short-Term project elements include roundabouts, access management, speed management, shared bicycle paths, sidewalk connections, school bus loading/unloading strategies, property acquisition, and reduced speed limits to be more fully designed and implemented to improve traffic and pedestrian safety within the SR 434 Corridor in accordance with the SR 434 Study; and WHEREAS, based on the presentation made by Seminole County and the need to make significant traffic and pedestrian safety improvements within the subject portion of the SR 434 corridor east of SR 419, the City Commission desires to express its full support for the SR 434 Study and encourage Seminole County and any other jurisdictional government agencies such as the Florida Department of Transportation to take whatever steps deemed necessary to complete the Short-Term Projects; and WHEREAS, this Resolution is in the best interests of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Winter Springs. SECTION 1. RECITALS. The aforementioned recitals are hereby adopted as findings of the City Commission and are fully incorporated herein by this reference. SECTION 2. SUPPORT FOR STATE ROAD 434 STUDY. The City Commission hereby expresses its full support for the SR 434 Study and encourages Seminole County and any other relevant government agencies such as the Florida Department of Transportation to take whatever steps deemed necessary to complete the Short-Term Projects identified in the SR 434 Study as soon as feasible.; SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a Regular Meeting duly assembled on the 23rd day of September, 2019, w, 40 L .an •, ayor ATTEST: A 1 1,,O ll :N`Z©-LUACES, City Clerk Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for the City o 'inter Springs,Florida only: AN `-1ONY A. GARGANESE, City Attorney City of Winter Sp ing,f urida Resolution T Umber 2019-21 Page 2 of 2