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7 MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
8 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
9 RESOLUTION NO. 092 -2023
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11 A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
12 COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
13 APPROVING THE PRIORITIZATION OF AND
14 PRIORITIZING THE 2023 TRANSPORTATION
15 ALTERNATIVES APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR THE
16 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION -
17 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES GRANT
18 PROGRAM.
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21 WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") opened the 2023
22 Transportation Alternatives grant program and announced the application cycle on January 5,
23 2023; and
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25 WHEREAS, the Transportation Alternatives ("TA") grant program provides federal
26 funding available for non-motorized transportation and is administered by the FDOT; and
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28 WHEREAS, the FDOT requires local priority rankings be approved by the Monroe
29 County Board of County Commissioners as part of the application process; and
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31 WHEREAS, three applications were submitted for consideration for funding by FDOT:
32 Salt Ponds Pathways Feasibility Study, City of Key West; requesting $159,618; Crane Boulevard
33 Shared Use Path Construction Project, Monroe County, requesting $1,000,000; City Bicycle and
34 Pedestrian Master Plan, City of Marathon, requesting $250,000; and
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36 WHEREAS, a committee consisting of representatives from Monroe County, Key
37 West, and Marathon, evaluated the application(s) based on the FDOT's required criteria; and
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39 WHEREAS, the score of the 2023 application is based on an overall 125-point scale,
40 and The City of Marathon City Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan received an overall average
41 score of 55.3 and a final score of 80.3 with final prioritization points; City of Key West Salt
42 Ponds Pathways Feasibility Study received an overall average score of 55 and a final score of 79
43 with final prioritization points; and Monroe County Crane Boulevard Shared Use Path
44 Construction Project received an overall average score of 49.5 and a final score of 72.5 with final
45 prioritization points; and
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47 WHEREAS, given the average scores, the committee recommended City Bicycle and
48 Pedestrian Master Plan receive a ranking of 1; Salt Ponds Pathways Feasibility Study, City of
49 Key West receive a ranking of 2; Salt Ponds Pathways Feasibility Study, City of Key West
50 receive a ranking of 3; and
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1 WHEREAS,based on committee scoring the recommended rankings are as follows:
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3 1. City Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, City of Marathon
4 2. Salt Ponds Pathways Feasibility Study, City of Key West
5 3. Crane Boulevard Shared Use Path Construction Project, Monroe County
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7 WHEREAS, at a regularly scheduled duly noticed public hearing, the Board considered
8 comments from citizens wishing to speak on the matter; and
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10 WHEREAS,the Board fully supports the funding of the application(s);
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12 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
13 COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,FLORIDA:
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15 1. Monroe County hereby approves prioritization of the 2023 Transportation Alternatives
16 applications as follows:
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18 1. City Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, City of Marathon- $250,000.
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20 2. Salt Ponds Pathways Feasibility Study, City of Key West- $159,618.
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22 3. Crane Boulevard Shared Use Path Construction Project, Monroe County -
23 $1,000,000.
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25 2. Monroe County requests that the Florida Department of Transportation provide
26 Transportation Alternative funds to the subject projects in the fifth year of the
27 upcoming FDOT District Six Tentative Work Program (2029)°for Monroe County as
28 requested by the applicants.
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30 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida,
31 • at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 22nd day of March 2023.
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3 Mayor Craig Cates Yes
; ' Mayor Pro Tern Holly Merrill Raschein Yes
35C . Itz rzi., Commissioner Michelle Lincoln Yes
3g 0,3, 6~'`c. Commissioner James K. Scholl Yes
. Commissioner David Rice Yes
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