96-28� � ,.;�
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A RESOLUTION OF iHE ClTY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, STATING THE CITY'S INTENT
CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE
MEMORIA� CAUSEWAY BRIDGE; REQUESTING
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORT,4TIOIV TO REDl10E TFiE SCOPE OF
THE SCHEDULED REPAIR PROJECT; PROVIDING
APV EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHER�AS, The Memorial Causeway Bridge (the Bridge) is the primary
access and evacuation route for north Sand Key, south and north Cleann�ater
Beach and Island Estates and is of vital importance to the City; and
WHEREAS, the repairs to the i1iler�orial Causeway Bridge proposed by
ihe Florida Department of Transportation (FDOi� are for safe4y purposes will not
improve the capacity or correct ihe functional obsolesence of the bridge; and
WHEREAS, the Ciiy, in cooperation with FDOT, completed ihe "Memorial
Causeway Bridge Feasibility Study Report, July, 1995" which describes the need
for a replacement bridge and evaluated the al#ernatives; and
WHEP.EAS, th� Gity has contracfied with NDR Engineering fio p�rform a
State Environmental Impa�t Report (SEIR) to provide the documentation
necessary for the City fo reach a decision on the type, design and location of a
replacement bridge for Memorial Ca�aseway and to qualify the project for
possible State and Federa! funding; now therefore,
BE IT R�SOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CIIY OF CLEARWAiER, FLORIDA:
Section 1• Its is the intent of the Ciiy io provide for the consfiruction of a
replacement bridge for the Memorial Causeway Bridge within the next four to five
years. Funding saurces have not been committed or identi�ed and the City
intends to explore ali pos�ible funding sources.
Sectiod2.,. The City hereby requests that FDOT reduce its planned
repair project for the Memorial Caus�way 8ridge fio the minimum necessary to
insure safety of the bridge and minimize the time the bridge is closed or
constricted.
�,,rtion 3" This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSES AND ADOPTED this 21st day of March, 1996.
Resolution No.96-28
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Approved as to form:
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Pamela K. lAkier, Ciiy! Attorney
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i a Garvey, Mayor-Com ssioner
Attest:
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Cyn ia E. Goudeau, City Clerk
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