19-3118 Approving and Adopting City of Casselberry Healthy Community Complete Streets Policy and Design Guidelines

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RESOLUTION 19-3118 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY HEALTHY COMMUNITY COMPLETE STREETS POLICY AND DESIGN GUIDELINES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry affirms that all road projects should be designed to comfortably accommodate all users to the fullest extent possible; that accommodations for people walking, people bicycling, people using public transit, and people with disabilities are a routine part of the City's planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operating activities; and that bicycle and pedestrian ways should be considered in new construction, reconstruction, resurfacing or other retrofit projects; and WHEREAS, the City commits to plan, design, build, and maintain a safe, reliable, efficient, integrated and connected multimodal transportation network that will provide access, mobility, safety and connectivity for all users; and WHEREAS, complete streets are planned, designed, operated, and maintained to enable safe access for all transportation system users of all ages and abilities; and WHEREAS, the City affirms that complete streets support vibrant, sustainable communities and that complete streets design promotes improved health, economic growth, public safety, recreational opportunity, and social equity; and WHEREAS, the City desires to ensure that officials, planners, engineers, developers, and other stakeholders working on projects and programs within the City of Casselberry plan and design roadways with consideration for all users; and WHEREAS, the City has developed its new Healthy Community Complete Streets Policy and Design Guidelines to better address these aforementioned points and serve as an update and replacement for the City's Complete Streets Policy and Design Guidelines that was previously adopted via Resolution 16-2902 on August 22, 2016. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. The City Commission of the City of Casselberry hereby approves and adopts the Healthy Community Complete Streets Policy and Design Guidelines, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated into the City's Multimodal Transportation Master Plan. SECTION II. Conflicts. All Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in conflict with any of the provisions of this Resolution are hereby repealed.