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WARD: Ward 1, 2 ,3
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$ IMPACT: $30,000
Title
Submission of Livable Centers Initiative Supplemental Application for a Study of the Spring Road Corridor.
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ISSUE: Approval of Submission of Livable Centers Initiative Supplemental Application to the Atlanta Regional Commission for the purpose of conducting a study that assesses land use and transportation impacts along the 2.4 mile Spring Road Corridor from Cobb Parkway to Atlanta Road.
BACKGROUND: The original Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) Study for the Smyrna Town Center was completed and adopted by the Mayor and Council in 2003. As required by the Atlanta Regional Commission five (5) year updates to that original study were completed and approved in 2008 and 2013. The Atlanta Regional Commission has recently issued a call for applications for the next round of LCI funding. The application deadline is December 7, 2015. Funding is anticipated to be available in the 1st Quarter of 2016 with funding awards to be announced in April 2016. If the application is successful the study would commence mid 2016 and be completed in late 2016. Based on the significant developments occurring at the eastern end (The Atlanta Braves Complex) and western end (Jonquil Village) of the Spring Road Corridor (which forms the southern boundary of the Smyrna LCI Study area) and the anticipated impact of those developments on the transportation infrastructure and the land use patterns along that corridor, an updated analysis of those impacts should be undertaken. The LCI Supplemental Study Grant offers the opportunity and the funding to undertake a study that can provide an analysis, a plan and a strategy for addressing the future transportation and land use issues along this corridor.
If the application is successful and funding is awarded, the City will be required to provide a 20% match which, in this case wiould be $30,000. This would give the City a total of $150,000 ($130,000 ARC + $30,...
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