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Resolution 2013 - 17 i A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE 2005 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE WHEREAS, a Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan was presented to the Plan Commission of the City of University City for consideration in accordance with the University City Charter, Section 62 which states that "...The plan commission shall have the authority to prepare and submit to the council for its approval a master plan for the physical development of the city, including the general location, character and extent of streets, bridges, parks, waterways, and other public ways, grounds and spaces, together with the general location of public buildings and other public property, public utilities, t and the extent and location of any public housing or slum clearance projects, and shall recommend such modifications of said plan, from time to time, as it deems in the city's interest."; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held at the April 8, 2013 City Council meeting with public comments expressed and received; and WHEREAS, at the same April 8, 2013 City Council meeting, the City Council passed a motion to send the Draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan along with the comments from the just held Public Hearing and the comments from this Council back to the Plan Commission to be read, analyzed with regard to k compliance with the Charter and University City Municipal policies, and considered for incorporation into the new Comprehensive City Plan that is in process of being developed"; and 1 WHEREAS, on August 27, 2013 the Plan Commission held a second public meeting that included wide public dissemination of the meeting notice as well as an Open House and distribution of a t comprehensive set of questions and answers; and WHEREAS, upon consideration of the public comments received, certain revisions have been made to the original Master Plan; and WHEREAS, the Plan Commission, at their September 25, 2013 meeting, as the result of the review of the relevant sections of the City Charter of University City and University City Municipal Ordinances, t unanimously voted to return the Revised Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan to the City Council with i a recommendation that said plan be adopted as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan Update of 2005; and I WHEREAS, the Plan Commission agrees to consider for incorporation the analysis and conclusion of 1 the Revised Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan into the development of the next Comprehensive f Plan Update. k t NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, attached as Exhibit A, is hereby adopted as a supplement to the Comprehensive Plan Update of 2005 by the City Council of University City, Missouri. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of University City recognizes that its adoption of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan does not immediately commit City funds toward project implementation, and recommends that the City Manager explore funding opportunities for any g relevant aspect of the Plan. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that before a private subdivision is included with the implementation of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, the City Manager will secure all necessary approvals from the trustees or other relevant authority associated with the impacted private subdivision. Page 1 of 2 , i