Res 122-94 8/2/1994r
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RESOLUTION NO. \ :a -G (-/
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT TO ENHANCE THE INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM BY ASSISTING NORTH TEXAS VISION WICHITA FALLS TO
LANDSCAPE AND BEAUTIFY SCOTT AVENUE (BUSINESS U.S. 287) IN
DOWNTOWN WICHITA FALLS BETWEEN FIFTH STREET AND
ELEVENTH STREET; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING
AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
AS REQUIRED BY LAW
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls finds there is a need for beautification of
the streetscape in the City of Wichita Falls and to reinforce community identity and foster civic pride in
the appearance of the City; and
WHEREAS, a State-Wide Transportation Enhancement Program Nomination Form to be submitted
to the Texas Department of Transportation is currently pending for Scott Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the proposed project is consistent with the Wichita Falls Study Area Long-Range
Transportation Plan; the Wichita Falls Land-Use Plan; and the Project Plan for Reinvestment Zone #1;
and
WHEREAS,the project has a direct functional relationship to the Intermodal Transportation System
by enhancing the aesthetic resources along Business U.S. Highway 287; therefore, eligibility for the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) Enhancement Program funds may be
possible; and
WHEREAS,the Tax Increment Financing Board of Directors voted unanimously at a meeting held
on July 21, 1994 to recommend the proposed project to the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls recommends the project be considered by
the Texas Department of Transportation for enhancement funding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The preamble stated above is made part of this Resolution.
SECTION 2. That the City Manager is authorized to execute an agreement providing a twenty
percent (20%) match of the estimated $290,000, not to exceed $58,000, to beautify and landscape Scott
Avenue between Fifth Street and Eleventh Street.
SECTION 3. That the City Manager is authorized to utilize Tax Increment Financing funding from
Reinvestment Zone #1 to provide the required 20% match of the estimated $290,000 project; the match
not to exceed $58,000.
SECTION 4. The authorization granted by this resolution is made contingent upon the approval of
Federal Transportation Funds for the remaining eighty percent(80%) cost of the project.
SECTION 5. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this resolution
was passed was open to the public as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 2nd day of August, 1994. .--
MAYOR
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