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SUPPORTING THE REQUEST BY THE CORPUS CHRISTI REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND PROPOSAL TO THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE DESIGNATION OF THE
ALAMEDA STREET BRIDGE OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 37, BETWEEN
ITS NORTH AND SOUTH FRONTAGE ROADS, AS AN "AUTOMOBILE -FREE
ZONE" FOR PURPOSES RELATED TO THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY'S LIVABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE PROJECT, PHASES 2
AND 3.
WHEREAS, the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) has received a grant from
the Federal Transit Administration to construct improvements to the street systems that will provide a more
pedestrian -friendly environment between public transit facilities (i.e., the Staples Street Station Transit
Center) and other community facilities (i.e., City Hall and the Northside area, including its Oveal Williams
Senior Community Center); and
WHEREAS, in the RTA's public meetings in the City's Northside area, the public has voiced a
concern that Interstate Highway 37 is largely viewed as a pedestrian barrier by the Northside Community
for safe and convenient access to public facilities south of the Northside area; and
WHEREAS, there exists two bridges over Interstate Highway 37 on Alameda Street and on Staples
Street in the same immediate vicinity, in which the Alameda Street Bridge no longer experiences demand
for through vehicle traffic; and
WHEREAS, the RTA has requested the Texas Department of Transportation's and City's approval
to prohibit motor vehicle traffic on the Alameda Street Bridge in order that the bridge can be used
exclusively by pedestrian and bicycle traffic as a safer means for crossing Interstate Highway 37; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation, which has maintenance and operational
jurisdiction on the Alameda Street Bridge, is agreeable to the RTA's request; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation has asked the City to concur in this action by
passage of a resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That the City Council of Corpus Christi supports the proposed action of the RTA to
designate the Alameda Street Bridge on Interstate Highway 37, between its north and south frontage roads,
as an "automobile -free zone" for purposes related to the Regional Transportation Authority's Livable
Community Initiative Project, Phases 2 and 3.
SECTION 2: That the City Council of Corpus Christi will consider for approval an ordinance
prohibiting motor vehicle traffic on the Alameda Street Bridge for the implementation of the "automobile -
free zone" following the RTA's preparation of plans and specifications for the project and final approval by
the Texas Transportation Commission.
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ATTEST:
Armando Chapa, City Secre
Legal form approved on
By:
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Samuel L. Ne• Jr., Mayor
, 1998; James R. Bray, Jr., City Attorney.
erard V. D'Alessio, Jr., Assistant City Attorney
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Alex L. Garcia, Jr.
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Edward A. Martin
Dr. David McNichols
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