HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2024-63 Supporting City of Richfield's RCP Grant Applicationber, 2024. ATALIN
Attest:
Sh.rgr".City Clerk
Adopt
NOW, THEREFORE
application for the "
E IT RESOLVED, the City Council supports the City of i h eld's USDOT RCP Grant Program
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aures B. Hovland, Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-63
SUPPORTING THE CITY OF RICHFIELD'S USDOT RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT
GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION FOR THE
" RECONNECTING RICHFIELD: 76TH ST/77TH ST PLANNING STUDY"
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation's Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Grant Program will
competitively award planning, capital construction, and technical assistance grants for community-centered transportation projects,
with emphasis on improving access to daily needs such as jobs, education, healthcare, food, nature and recreation, and fostering equitable
development and restoration; and
WHEREAS, the 76" St/77th St corridor is a 3.5-mile long reliever route for 1-494 that carries high traffic volumes across the
southern parts of Richfield and Edina; and
WHEREAS, the corridor provides limited pedestrian, bicycle and transit infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, the City of Richfield will pursue planning grant funds and provide the mandatory match of 20 percent of project
costs, which combined, will be used to identify ways to reduce transportation barriers that impact pedestrians living near and using the
76th St/77" St corridor in Richfield; and
WHEREAS, the Cities of Richfield and Edina strive to ensure that City services are accessible to people of all races, ethnicities,
incomes, and abilities.
WHEREAS, improving accessibility and removing barriers on the 76th St/77th St corri•or will increase safety and improve
the experience of students traveling to and from schools and community members accessing j oods, and services;
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS
CITY OF EDINA
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that the attached and
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its Regular Meeting of September 17, 2024 and as
recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of , 2024.
City Clerk
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