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CREATING A CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE CITY COUNCIL
RELATING TO THE SOUTHWEST PARKWAY (SH 121T) PROJECT
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WHEREAS, on December 8 1998 the City Council approved an agreement with the
North Texas Tollway Authority and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
concerning the development of the Southwest Parkway and
WHEREAS, the proposed Southwest Parkway is necessary to alleviate congestion and
ameliorate air quality and
WHEREAS, the proposed Southwest Parkway requires federal state tllway and local
funding to provide for the design and construction of the project, and
WHEREAS, the proposed Southwest Parkway represents a combination of design
options which are necessary to achieve construction of the project within the identified
revenues and to assure the completion of the project in a timely manner and
WHEREAS all parties to the agreement are committed to mcorporatmg a high degree
of aesthetic and urban design standards to the extent reasonably possible and
WHEREAS all parties to the agreement have agreed that the North Texas Tollway
Authority TxDOT and/or the City of Fort Worth may propose additional amenities
design features and standards which may not necessarily have been included in initial
concepts and
WHEREAS all parties to the agreement have agreed that the final approval of the
schematic design must be made in writing by the City and TxDOT and
WHEREAS it is the desire of the Fort Worth City Council to assure that adequate
citizen involvement continues prior to the final approval of the schematic design by the
City
CITY OF FORT WORTH
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT•
1) A Citizen Advisory Committee is hereby created to provide the City Council with
recommendations and comments on the design of the Southwest Parkway (SH 121
T) project.
2) The Citizen Advisory Committee is to be appointed by the City Council and shall
work through the City representative to the Technical Work Group (comprised of
NTTA TXDOT and City staff per the agreement) and within the work schedule of
the Technical Work Group to assure the comments are received m a timely manner
consistent with the project construction time schedule
3) The committee membership must be diverse and reflect a balance of community
interests -including neighborhoods historic preservation, scenic preservation,
general business and residential and commercial land development interests The
members must be committed to ensuring the best design possible for building the
Southwest Parkway within identifiable practical and available resources
4) Upon approval by the City of the final schematic design, the Citizen Advisory
Committee shall cease to exist.
Adopted this j~ day of January 1999
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Mayor Kenneth Barr
APPROVED
CITY COUNCIL
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CITY OF FORT WORTH