HomeMy Public PortalAboutRES 93/01RESOLUTION NO. 93 -1
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF GULF
STREAM, FLORIDA, OBJECTING TO THE WIDENING OF STATE ROAD
AlA IN AND AROUND THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM AND DIRECTING
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CLASSIFY SAID
ROAD AS A CONSTRAINED FACILITY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Whereas, the State of Florida has designated that portion of
State Road AlA from Sea Road on the North to Pelican Lane on the
south as a State Historic and Scenic Highway which designation
prohibits the expenditure of state funds with regard to such
highway for the purposes of removing or cutting any healthy tree or
altering the physical dimensions or location of the highway except
for the addition of intersecting roads; and
Whereas, the Town of Gulf Stream has designated that portion
of State Road AlA from Sea Road on the north to Pelican Lane on the
south 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 which prohibits the removal of significant landscape
features or the alteration or expansion of the physical dimensions
or location of North Ocean Boulevard within the Overlay District;
and
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Whereas, the most recent traffic counts taken by Palm Beach
County on State Road AlA in the vicinity of the Town of Gulf Stream
are well within the levels of service standards adopted by the
Florida Department of Transportation and the Town of Gulf Stream
Comprehensive Plan; and
Whereas, the Town of Gulf Stream has no areas of vacant
property on which to build additional structures which would
appreciably increase future traffic volumes on State Road AlA; and
Whereas, the Town of Gulf Stream Comprehensive Plan and Zoning
Code do not provide for changes of existing land uses to more
intensive future land uses within the Town; and
Whereas, the communities surrounding the Town of Gulf Stream
on State Road AlA are similarly builtout and do not provide for
significant changes in land uses; and
Whereas, traffic volumes on State Road AlA in and around the
Town of Gulf Stream are not expected to increase; and
Whereas, the existing and future low density, residential
character of Gulf Stream is highly desirable by Town residents; and
Whereas, increasing the number of lanes on State Road AlA is
unjustified, unnecessary and detrimental to the existing and future
quality of life of Town residents; and
Whereas, it is the policy of the Town Commission of the Town
of Gulf Stream, Florida that State Road AlA in and around the Town
of Gulf Stream remain unaltered and that it not be widened;
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 vigorously opposes and objects to any future widening of
State Road AlA in and around the Town of Gulf Stream.
Section 2. The Town Commission of the Town of Gulf Stream,
Florida strongly urges the Florida Department of Transportation to
classify State Road AlA in and around the Town of Gulf Stream as a
"Construction Constrained Facility" and that any and all widening
projects for said road segment be removed from present and future
plans of the Florida Department of Transportation.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon passage and shall be sent to the Florida Department of
Transportation, the Town of South Palm Beach, the Town of
Manalapan, the Town of Ocean Ridge, the Town of Briny Breezes, the
City of Boynton Beach, the City of Delray Beach, the Town of
Highland Beach, the Palm Beach County Board of County
Commissioners, the Palm Beach County Metropolitan Planning
Organization, and the Palm Beach County Municipal League.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Town of Gulf Stream, Florida at the
regular meeting of the Town Commission on this 12th day of
February, 1993.
(Seal)
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