8543-11 Concur w/ Planning Commission in adopting Bicycle Master Plan

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REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE 12'/,19/11. RESOLUTION NO. 8543-11 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. A RESULOTUTION to concur with the Lakewood Planning Commission in the adoption of the Bicycle Master Plan. WHEREAS, ARTICLE XII, SECTION 3, Powers and Duties of the Planning Commission, of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD states that it shall be the function and duty of the Planning Commission to make and adopt a general plan for the development and improvement of the City, and WHEREAS, ATICLE XII, SECTION 3 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD further states that the Commission shall also make plans and proposals for specific improvements and project which it deems desirable for the City, and WHEREAS, in July 1993 the Lakerovood Commnunity Vision was accepted as the General Plan for the City of Lakewood, and WHEREAS, the Lakewood Community Vision Physical Environment Strategy Working Group recommended that the City work to address land use impacts of automotive uses, develop a Transportation Strategy and coordinate Infi•astructure Projects, and WHEREAS, recognizing the need to develop a strategy to enhance the bicycling environment of the City through infrastructure improvements and policy modifications and to fiuther expand local transportation options, the Administration, with Council Concurrence, directed the Department of Planning and Development to undertake a study and develop a city wide bicycle master plan, and WHEREAS, in December 2011, a public hearing was conducted where the Planning Commission took action to make r•ecotnmendation that the BikeLakewood, Bicycle Master Plan be accepted and adopted into the City's Comrnaaniry Vision. A copy of said document dated December 2011 is on file in the Clerk of Council's office. Now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section I. That City Council concurs with the Planning Commission in the adoption of the Bicycle Master Plan as it is consistent with the Cornmunify Vision and will serve as the next step toward improvement of this important mode of transportation for Lakewood. Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted iu an open meeting of Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted