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RESOLUTION NO. 03-33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A
DISTRICT SEVEN OFF SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT AND LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF CLEARWATER AND THE
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of both the City of Clearwater (CITY) and the
Florida Department of Transportation (FOOT) to enter into both the District Seven Off
System Maintenance Agreement and the Letter of Understanding; and
WHEREAS, the CITY owns lands on which the FOOT will construct FOOT
Project number 406256-1-52-01 (PROJECT), which is an East-West Trail from Coopers
Bayou to the Clearwater City Limits; and
WHEREAS, Federal Fundin~ will be expended for the PROJECT under the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21$ Century (TEA-21); and
WHEREAS, under 23 U.S.C. 116, the federal government requires assurance
that the State either maintain the Project for which it receivesTEA-21 federal funding, or
enter into formal agreement for maintenance of the PROJECT with the municipality
where the PROJECT is located; and
WHEREAS, the Letter of Understanding is intended to define the responsibilities
and commitments of the FOOT and the CITY with respect to the construction of the
PROJECT, and the Agreement is intended to define the responsibilities and
commitments of the CITY with respect to the maintenance of the PROJECT; now
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Commission hereby accepts and approves the District
Seven Off System Maintenance Agreement and the Letter of Understanding between
the CITY and FOOT.
Section 2. The City Commission hereby authorizes the City Manager to
execute the District Seven Off System Maintenance Agreement and Letter of
Understanding described in the Resolution.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
Resolution No. 03-33
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd
Approved as to form:
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Laura Lipowski
Assistant City Attorney
day of October
,2003.
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Ma~~iSSioner
Attest:
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Clerk
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