HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-82-23RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE FLORIDA
DOT TO AUTHORIZE A VEHICULAR CROSSING OF
THE FEC RAILROAD AT THE EXTENSION OF
STRATTON BLVD; PLEDGING TO CONSTRUCT
AND MAINTAIN SAID CROSSING; AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR AND CLERK TO APPLY FOR RAILROAD
CROSSING PERMIT.
WItEREAS, the Indian River County School Board has
requested the City include in its transportation plan a
road to connect the new Sebastian Elementary School with
U.S. Highway #1; and
WHEREAS, the School Board has recommended that
Stratton Boulevard in the City of Sebastian be extended to
U.S. Highway ~1 to provide better access to the Sebastian
Elementary School; and
WHEREAS, the Consulting Planner for the City of
Sebastian has stated in the Transportation Plan that a
major arterial road connecting the southeast section of the
City with U.S. Highway #1 is essential to insure the orderly
development of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Consulting Planner has recommended
to the City Council that the preferred location for a major
arterial road that connects the southeastern section of the
City and the new elementary school with U~S. Highway #1 should
be an extension of Stratton Boulevard to U.S. #1; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the above
recommendations and finds and determines that the extension
of Stratton Boulevard is essential to meet the traffic
needs of the City and is in the best interests of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that
a vehicular crossing of the Florida East Coast Railroad
is necessary in order to construct the StrattOn Boulevard
Extension,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of
the City of Sebastian, Florida, as follows:
1. The extension of Stratton Boulevard from the
southeastern section of the City to U.S. Highway #1 is in
the public interest and is essential to carry out the traffic
plan of the City of Sebastian.
2. A vehicular crossing of the Florida East Coast
Railroad is necessary in order to construct the Stratton
Boulevard extension~
3. The City of Sebastian does agree to pay for the
construction of a railroad crossing and permanently maintain
said crossing, once constructed.
4. The Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized and
empowered to apply to the Florida Department of Transportation
for a vehicular crossing permit of the FEC Railroad, and
execute all'documents necessary to carry out the purpose
of this resolution.
THIS RESOLUTION was duly passed and adopted by the
Council of the City of Sebastian, Florida, this /~'~
day of ./j~ , 1982.
Mayor ~ - ~ ~ - ~
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