Resolution 89-08-01-89
RESOLUTION NO. eff - g - / - if
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 89-2-23-89
REAFFIRMING THE REALLOCATION OF SPRING CREEK
PARKWAY FUNDS FOR FUNDING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF
SECTIONS ON BROWN STREET AND MCCREARY ROAD AND
IMPROVING HIGHWAY 78.
WHEREAS, The City of Wylie wishes to continue its Capital
Improvements Program of reconstructing major
thoroughfares and designated urban roads in the
City, and;
WHEREAS, The City of Wylie's Master Thoroughfare Plan, as
well as Collin County's Urban Roads Plan has
designated Brown Street between N. Ballard (FM
2514) and U.S. Highway 78 North, as well as
McCreary Road between FM 544 and McMillan Road (CR
298) as an urban roads (thoroughfares), and;
WHEREAS, A two-lane rubberized railroad crossing (estimated
to cost $140,000) will be a necessary part of the
reconstruction of McCreary Road, and;
WHEREAS,
The proposed route
would benefit the
improvements could
cost-sharing of the
of the Spring Creek Parkway
Pendrey property and these
be financed through developer
proposed parkway, and;
WHEREAS, Any improvements to the roadways on Brown Street
and McCreary Road would be passed on through the
assessments to the property owners along these
routes and these funds would be so designated in
the county for widening and improving Highway 78,
and;
WHEREAS, The economic down turn of the past few years,
along with the failure of the 1988 County bond
package has restricted the available funds for new
thoroughfare construction and reconstruction
programs in Collin County, and;
WHEREAS, The available funds have been designated for use
within the City of Wylie to facilitate its urban
roads and thoroughfare plans, and;
WHEREAS, There is approximately $860,000 in available urban
roads monies presently designated for Spring Creek
Parkway that could be reallocated to fund the
Brown Street and McCreary Road Programs as well as
assisting in right-of-way purchase and relocating
utilities on State Highway 78, and;
WHEREAS,
The Brown
to connect
providing
Wylie.
Street Reconstruction Program would act
FM 3412 and Highway 78 North, thereby
direct benefits to the citizens of
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS THAT
SECTION 1 Funds presently designated for the Spring Creek
Parkway be reallocated in the appropriate amounts
to fully fund the Brown Street reconstruction
program for that area of Brown Street between
North Ballard and Highway 78 North and McCreary
Road between FM 544 and County Road 298 (Mcmillan
Road) and the widening and improving of Highway
78.
SECTION 2 That the City Staff and County Engineering
Department begin work at the earliest possible
date on acquiring any needed easements, right-of-
way and begin the engineering design so as to
expedite these projects as soon as possible.
SECTION 3 The City Council respectfully request that the
Collin County Commissioners Court act in an
expeditious manner to formally approve the
reallocation of these funds at the earliest
possible date.
DULY PASSED BY THE CITY
THIS /~ DAY OF
THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS,
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Chuck Trimble, Mayor
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