HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010 16_Enhancement Grant for 76 and Main_2010.11.16CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
RESOLUTION 2010-16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA ENDORSING THE SUBMISSION
OF A TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT GRANT APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR ENHANCEMENTS TO THE
INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET AND 76TH STREET NORTH WITHIN THE MAIN STREET
BUSINESS DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA.
WHEREAS, the City of Owasso embraces the principle of the Transportation Enhancement
Program; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Owasso desires to improve and enhance Owasso's Main Street
area by designing and installing improvements that create a safe and attractive environment
for pedestrians and motorists; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Owasso desires to expand on improvements made to Main Street
that used a allocated portion of the Tulsa County Vision 2025 funding ; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Owasso desires to continue with implementing the adopted
Downtown Master Plan that outlines sidewalk, lighting, building facade treatments, landscaping
and roadway intersection improvements; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Owasso desires to obtain assistance in addressing transportation
infrastructure needs through the Oklahoma Department of Transportation Enhancement
Program.
WHEREAS, the City of Owasso submitted a 2011 Transportation Enhancement preliminary
grant application to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation on September 29, 2010 for the
76th Street and Main Street Intersection Improvement Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO,
OKLAHOMA that a grant application requesting $480,000 in state enhancement funding with a
corresponding match of $200,000 to be provided by the City of Owasso be submitted to the
Oklahoma Department of Transportation Enhancement Program for funding assistance
associated with the E. 76th Street and Main Street Intersection Improvement Project.
PASSED AND APPROVED this
Owasso, Oklahoma.
16th day of November, 2010 by the City Cou )5JI of the City of
n ~~~onebrake, Mayor
J e Trout Lombardi, City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO FORM: