SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Authorize an agreement between the City of Clearwater and Forward Pinellas, to receive a Complete Streets Concept Planning Grant in the amount of $50,000 to prepare a Complete Streets Concept Plan for Drew Street from North Osceola Avenue to US Highway 19, authorize the appropriate officials to execute same and adopt Resolution 17-23.
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SUMMARY:
On October, 3, 2016, Forward Pinellas sent out a call for Complete Streets projects, asking local governments to submit applications to request funding for their Complete Streets projects. The Forward Pinellas Complete Streets Program provides annual, competitive funding for both the planning and construction of Complete Streets projects countywide.
The Planning and Development Department had submitted an application for a Complete Street Concept Plan for Drew Street from North Osceola Avenue to US Highway 19. The City’s primary goal for this Project is to develop a Complete Streets Concept Plan that will enhance safety, mobility, and accessibility while considering character criteria of Drew Street corridor.
The Project has the strong support of local communities who asked the City to pursue the Forward Pinellas Complete Streets grant. Residents, businesses, and schools see the potential to make Drew Street safer, more livable, and a better street for commerce. Complete Street improvements on Drew Street would work in harmony with a broad spectrum of city and countywide plans, especially those addressing designated activity centers on both ends of the Project. The estimated cost of Complete Street conceptual planning for the 4.2-mile Project is $100,000.
This project will complement Forward Pinellas’s SR-60 Corridor Multimodal Implementation Strategies Plan project currently underway. The Drew Street Concept Plan is expected to comprehensively guide the corridor layout design improvements by utilizing the principles of Complete Streets, and will further support other City initiatives by establishing the best approach to develop a Citywide Complete Streets Implementation Plan.
On March 8, 2017, Forward Pinellas selected the City to receive one of the Complete Streets grants in the amount of $50,000 to be matched by the City through direct funding and in-kind services. The grant funding will be used for consulting services to produce a comprehensive concept plan and provide assistance in the project’s community outreach and stakeholders’ engagement activities.
Resolution 17-23 Exhibit A is the Memorandum of Agreement between the City and Forward Pinellas. The City would be contractually obligated to complete the project activities by July 1, 2018 consistent with the scope of work that is part of the agreement.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
Funds are available in cost code 010-01420-530100, Professional Services, to fund the City’s portion of this agreement.
USE OF RESERVE FUNDS: N/A