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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution-1974-0358 Introduced bV Alderman Cavarra Rl5ULUTION NO, 358 Series of 1974 RlQUES II~JG CDLORADU STATE DIVISION IlF hIGHWAYS ro BUDGE r I-UI\JDS FDR IHE CONSrRUCfION OF PEDESIRIAN OVERCROSSINGS At WESr 44TH AVENUE A~!D fHPLHJG S IRLE T, WES I 381 H AVErJUl A~JD KIPLmG STRElT, AND WLS I 3:'rm AVENlIE AND KIPLING S fREET, WHEREAS, Ki[lling SI-ree', from West 26th Avenue 10 1-70 lies wii:hin the Ci I Y of Wheal. Ridge and is a Siate Highway; and WHlREAS, Ihis portion of hipling St:reet carries a heavy volume of daily 'raffic estimated at over 25,000 vehicles [ler day; and WHERe_AS, a por!:ion of Kipling Street lying in the CiLy of Wheat Ridge consis's of a long sloping hill which encourages vehicles +0 'ravel al higher speeds which makes each in!ersection parLicularly hazardous for pedestrians, especially in icy weather; and WHEREAS, the intersections at West 44th Avenue and Kipling Street, West 38th Avenue and !,ipling SLreet, and West 32nd Avenue and hipling Slreet must be crossed by hundreds of school children attending Pennington Elementary, Everett Junior High, and Wheat Ridge Senior High School each school day; and WHEREAS, at these intersections there is a considerable danger 1:0 t he school-age children; and WHERlAS, these intersections have been the scene of traffic accidents involving both pedestrians and vehicle-to-vehicle collisions; and WHEREAS Highway SaFety funds are available from State and Federal sources For the purpose of constructing necessary traffic and pedestrian control devices on officially designated State Highways; NOW, THEREFDRE, DE IT RESOLVED Lhat the City Council of the City of Whe~t Ridge does hereby formally request the Colorado Division of Highways to include sufficient funds in its budget request for the next fiscal year 10 cons I,ruc t pedestrian overcrossing structures at the intersections of West 44th Avenue and Kipling Street, West 38th Avenue and hipling Street, and WesL 32nd Avenud and Kipling Street; BE Ir ~URrHLR RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge hereby declares ~hese requested improvements as vital to the public health and safei~'1 of it,s citizens and of all those utilizing hipling Street and these major intersections. LJ " 1\, LJ rlESOLVELJ this 12th day of December, A. D, 1974 by a vote of 5 Lo o C/;?--- -'"~/ '/--~- ' , ~'" _. <:<'., 4.- 1. "..._/ Homer L, ROeSenElT, ' '.-." A r ILS ': ~ ' ~) , ~ (' ~-y ) , - .' L } '\) r /, '2 ii __ t: 'l,,..~ -" ,v .-~' ~('71-G/J L1:.-L;.(.._'; -- t.../ E . S'8 l::lrougha , C:i.i/y Clark . - , ,