HomeMy Public PortalAboutRES 94/06RESOLUTION NO. 94 -6
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF GULF
STREAM, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE TOWN MANAGER TO SUBMIT
TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION AN APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION
ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS TO RESTORE AND ENHANCE LANDSCAPE
FEATURES WITHIN THE RIGHT -OF -WAY OF STATE ROAD AlA IN
THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA (A STATE - DESIGNATED
HISTORIC AND SCENIC HIGHWAY) AND ENDORSING SAME; AND
REQUESTING THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PALM BEACH COUNTY
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO APPROVE SAID
APPLICATION AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS ACCORDINGLY; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Whereas, the State of Florida has designated that portion of
State Road AlA within the Town of Gulf Stream, Florida from Sea
Road on the north to Pelican Lane on the south as a State
Historic and Scenic Highway (hereinafter referred to as the Gulf
Stream Historic Highway); and
Whereas, the Town of Gulf Stream has designated the Gulf
Stream Historic Highway and the properties immediately adjacent
thereto as the "North Ocean Boulevard Overlay District" which
district is intended to promote and protect the historic and
scenic resources of said road segment; and
Whereas, much of the original landscaping within the right -
of -way of the Gulf Stream Historic Highway has been removed or
damaged through poor maintenance practices and neglect by state
agencies and utilities companies; and
Whereas, the Town of Gulf Stream wishes to restore and
enhance the scenic and historic landscape features of the Gulf
Stream Historic Highway; and
Whereas, the United States Government passed into law the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Enhancement Act with the intent
that funding be provided to promote, protect and restore
historic, scenic and landscape features of state highways; and
Whereas, the Gulf Stream Historic Highway Committee, a
citizens group appointed by the Town Commission of the Town of
Gulf Stream, Florida to advise the Commission on matters
pertaining to the Gulf Stream Historic Highway, has recommended
the Town of Gulf Stream, Florida submit to the Palm Beach County
Metropolitan Planning Organization an Application for
Transportation Enhancement Projects for the restoration and
enhancement of landscape features within the right -of -way of the
Gulf Stream Historic Highway; and
Whereas, the Town Manager of the Town of Gulf Stream,
Florida, has, in accordance with local, state and federal
requirements, prepared an Application for Transportation Projects
for the restoration and enhancement of landscape features within
the right -of -way of the Gulf Stream Historic Highway;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE
TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Town Commission of the Town of Gulf
Stream, Florida directs the Town Manager to submit to the Palm
Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization an Application
for Transportation Enhancement Projects for the restoration and
enhancement of landscape features within the right -of -way of the
Gulf Stream Historic Highway and wholeheartedly endorses same.
Section 2. The Town Commission of the Town of Gulf
Stream, Florida respectfully requests that the Federal Highway
Administration, Florida Department of Transportation, and Palm
Beach County Metropolitan Planning Organization approve the Town
of Gulf Stream, Florida's Application for Transportation
Enhancement Projects for the restoration and enhancement of
landscape features within the right -of -way of the Gulf Stream
Historic Highway and appropriate funds accordingly.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately
upon passage and shall be included with and made a part of the
Town of Gulf Stream, Florida's Application for Transportation
Enhancement Projects for the restoration and enhancement of
landscape features within the right -of -way of the Gulf Stream
Historic Highway.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in a regular adjourned session assembled this
13th day of May, 1994.
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