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Resolution No. 16-29 Authorizing the Nomination of the Molalla Avenue Project for the Metro Regional Flexible Fund Allocation Program
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Adopt Resolution No. 16-29 authorizing the Nomination of the Molalla Avenue project for the Metro Regional Flexible Fund Allocation Program.
BACKGROUND:
Every three years the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) and Metro Council decide how to spend federal transportation money known locally as the Regional Flexible Funds. This process allocates money both to region-wide investments that make communities more livable and give people choices in how they travel, and to individual projects planned and built by local transportation agencies.
Metro solicited project nominations from local agencies for the 2019-21 Regional Flexible Fund Allocation (RFFA). Approximately $25.81 million has been allocated to design and construct active transportation and complete street projects within the Metro region. Active transportation projects include projects that improve facilities for bicycles, pedestrians and transit. Eligible applicants include Washington County and its cities, Clackamas County and its cities, Multnomah County and its eastern cities, the City of Portland, Oregon DEQ, TriMet, ODOT, Port of Portland and Recreation Districts.
After review of the application criteria, Oregon City staff identified the Molalla Avenue project as the most fitting project candidate for the RFFA funds. Molalla Avenue is a key corridor for all travel modes connecting the Oregon City Regional Center with Clackamas Community College and Clackamas County Red Soils Campus; as well as connecting the residential areas on the west side to the commercial areas on the north & east sides. Currently, the corridor is uncomfortable, unwelcoming and unaccommodating for those walking, biking or accessing transit. With some of the highest population and employment densities in Oregon City adjacent to the Mo...
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