IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing and expressing support for the Rock Island Rail Corridor Authority's grant application to the Department of Transportation's BUILD Program for construction of the Greenwood Connector.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19921, July 16, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Galvin, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the County has issued $51,950,000 in bonded indebtedness to purchase and develop the Rock Island Rail Corridor into a bicycle and pedestrian shared use path that would eventually connect to the KATY Trail and to preserve the Corridor for future multi-modal transit; and,
WHEREAS, in 2014 the County was awarded $10,000,000.00 in Federal Surface Transportation Program grant funds in 2014 for construction of the Rock Island Rail Corridor Shared Use Path Project; and,
WHEREAS, the Rock Island Rail Corridor Shared Use Path Project is currently under construction to its southern terminus near the intersections of Scherer Road and Jefferson Street in southern Lee's Summit; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Pleasant Hill has built and is building trails (the "MOPAC" trail) to the north from the Missouri State Parks "Rock Island Spur of the Katy Trail"; and,
WHEREAS, there remains an eight-mile gap between the southern terminus of the Rock Island Rail Corridor and the KATY Trail system, passing through Lee's Summit and Greenwood, both Jackson County municipalities; and,
WHEREAS, the construction of the Greenwood Connector is vital to the goals of the Rock Island Shared Use Path, and to the many Jackson County communities that will benefit from being connected to the KATY trail; and,
WHEREAS, the County led a multi-jurisdictional effort over several months to develop a Greenwood Connector strategy, including Jackson County, the City of Greenwood, the City of Pleasant Hill, the City of Lee's Summit, the City of Kansas City, the Missouri Department of Transportation, and the Missouri Department of Cons...
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