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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1005 r' A Resolution WHEREAS, the State Department of Highways and Public Transpor- tation has begun to proceed with plans to improve traffic safety conditions at the location of the intersection of State Highway 199 (Jacksboro Highway) and the public streets of Love Circle and Watercress Drive, including plans to reconstruct the nearby Jacksboro Highway bridge over Lake Worth; and WHEREAS, it has been proposed that the physical closure of Watercress Drive at its intersection with State Highway 199 and the construction of a median extension so as to prevent turning movements off of and onto Jacksboro Highway at this intersection will signifi- cantly improve traffic safety at this location; and WHEREAS, the Transportation and Public Works Department of the City of Fort Worth has endorsed this concept and re- quested that appropriate action be taken to physically close Watercress Drive at its intersection with State Highway 199; and WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth is the owner in fee simple of the property abutting on Watercress Drive at its intersection with State Highway 199; and WHEREAS, the City Plan Commission has reviewed the request to physically close Watercress Drive at its intersection with State Highway 199 and has approved the request and recommends physical closure; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: That, Watercress Drive, . a public street within the City of ` Fort Worth, be physically closed to vehicular traffic at its intersection with State Highway 199 (Jacksboro Highway) so as to prevent direct vehicular traffic access to said State High- way 199 from Watercress Drive and from said State Highway 199 to Watercress Drive, with the City to retain title to the public right-of-way and retaining any and all easements for existing and prospective utility facilities, with the design for physical closure to be at the direction of and with the approval of the Transportation and Public Works Director of the City of Fort Worth. O 4 Y OF F01M MR= In addition, the City reserves the right, at the sole discretion of the City Council, to reopen by resolution the aforesaid Watercress Drive to public travel at any time the public interest requires same to be reopened. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, this day of , 1984. Mayor O CM OF FART WORTS