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Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the Deputy City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments and the Texas Department of Transportation in Support of the State Highway 5 Corridor Context-Sensitive Transportation Study
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MEETING DATE: April 1, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Michael Quint, Director of Planning
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Staff recommends approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The Resolution authorizes the Deputy City Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments (RTC) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in support of State Highway 5 and establishing a preferred approach for integrating Context Sensitive Solutions into future design and engineering level schematics for the corridor.
* As part of the State Highway 5 Corridor Context Sensitive Transportation Study (SH 5 Corridor Study), a series of conceptual design alternatives were developed for the corridor based on the Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares Report that was approved in 2010 as a recommended practice of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). These conceptual design alternatives were presented to the City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission at a Joint Work Session on July 29, 2013.
* Although the preferred conceptual design alternatives generated as part of the SH 5 Corridor Study are strictly conceptual (i.e. not requiring review from TxDOT), these conceptual alternatives are intended to guide future engineering and construction plans. As a state-maintained roadway, TxDOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have the authority to review any engineering and/or construction plans.
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