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WARD: Ward 1, 2, 3 and 6
COMMITTEE: Community Development
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Adoption of a Resolution Supporting the Spring Road Corridor LCI Master Plan
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ISSUE: Approval of the findings of the Spring Road Corridor LCI Master Plan and the Adoption of a Resolution Supporting the Plan.
BACKGROUND: On December 7, 2015, the City's Community Development Department was authorized by City Council to submit an application to the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) to fund a land use and transportation study for the Spring Road Corridor. In February 2016, the City was notified that a grant in the amount of $100,000 was awarded by the ARC. The City Council subsequently took official action at its' April 18, 2016, meeting to accept the grant award from the ARC.
The funding for this grant was provided under the Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) Program administered by the ARC and financed by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Georgia Department of Transportation. The purpose of the grant was to fund a land use and transportation study of the Spring Road Corridor. The grant required a twenty (20%) percent match from the City which was $25,000. The match amount is calculated on the total study cost of $125,000 ($125,000 x .20 = $25,000).The $25,000 match was included in the FY2017 budget. The total amount available for the study is $125,000 ($100,000 grant + $25,000 match).
The study corridor runs along both sides of Spring Road from Cobb Parkway (U.S. 41) to Atlanta Road a distance of approximately 2.4 miles.
The Sizemore Group consulting team was selected as the consultant and initiated the study process in August 2016. The consulting team went through an eight (8) month study process and have, with extensive input from area residents, businesses and stakeholders provided the City with a detailed analysis of the study corridor. Based on that analysis development concepts for five (5) nodes along the corridor have been for...
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