TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kristoff Bauer, Deputy City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, Interim Director of Public Services
Lee Jernigan, PE, City Traffic Engineer
Tracey Broyles, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: February 25, 2019
RE:
Title
Adoption of Capital Project Ordinance Amendment (CPOA) 2019-28 to Appropriate Payment In-Lieu-Of Sidewalk Revenue for FY19 Sidewalk Projects
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Objective C: To improve mobility and connectivity by investing in traffic flow strategies, sidewalks, trails and bike lanes
Executive Summary:
Capital Project Ordinance Amendment (CPOA) 2019-28 will appropriate $30,159 of payments-in-lieu-of sidewalk funding to the FY19 Sidewalk Project.
Background:
The provisions set forth in Chapter 30-5.F.9 Sidewalks of the City Code of Ordinances permit a developer to request to provide a payment in-lieu of installing all or a portion of required sidewalks when the following situations exist:
1. The street is designated as a state highway or route subject to widening or improvement in the foreseeable future;
2. The street is planned for improvement in accordance with the City's transportation plan(s);
3. Alternative on-site pedestrian facilities, such as trails, greenway, or multiuse paths, are adequate; or
4. The right-of-way, developing lot, or lot abutting a proposed sidewalk is not suitable for sidewalks due to floodplains, wetlands, riparian buffers, required tree canopy retention areas, slopes exceeding 25 percent, or other unique site conditions.
The City Manager may approve the requested payment-in-lieu of side or disapprove the request and require a comparable amount of on-site pedestrian or multi-purpose facilities elsewhere on site. Fees received in accordance with this subsection may only be used for the development of new sidewalks and m...
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