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A SO UTIOS AUTaOaX,ISO a, ",aYOa TO SI S OaaNT
REQUESTS AND PROPOSALS FOR OBTAINING FEDERAL AND
STATE FUNDING TO ASSIST THE CITY IN
RECONSTRUCTING SAN JUAN AVENUE.
The City of Port Townsend has limited personnel and
financial resources with which to maintain and
periodically upgrade the streets of the City;
The State and Federal Governments have established
Programs for Distributing Financial Aid including
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, Surface
Transportation Program, Transportation Improvement
Account, City Hardship Assistance Program and Urban
Arterial Trust Account;
San Juan Avenue is identified as having the highest
priority on the Port Townsend Transportation Improvement
Plan;
The School District intends to build a new Middle School
adjoining San Juan Avenue thereby increasing the traffic
load when the school is opened in Fall 1995;
Fort Worden State Park is interested in rerouting its
traffic load to San Juan Avenue to reduce congestion and
accidents along the current route; and
The improvements to San Juan Avenue are estimated to cost
up to $1.3 Million and only $475,000 has been identified
for this project through City, School District and
Surface Transportation Funds;
N O W T H E R E F O R E
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND
that it authorizes the Mayor to sign grant requests and proposals
prepared by Staff seeking the remaining funds required to complete
the entire project.
Adopted by the City Council of Townsend and signed
by the Mayor this .20th
David A. Grove, City Clerk
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, Mayor John M. Clise
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Dennis McLerran, City Attorney