File #: 230400    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Referred
File created: 5/4/2023 In control: Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee
On agenda: 5/10/2023 Final action: 1/25/2024
Title: Sponsor: Councilmember Eric Bunch Directing the City Manager to implement installation of bike lanes on Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard from Troost Avenue to Main Street; and waiving a requirement of Ordinance 210966.
Sponsors: Eric Bunch
Attachments: 1. Docket Memo 230400, 2. Public Testimony 230400-Ellen Swartze, 3. Public Testimony 230400-Shawn Tolivar, 4. Public Testimony 230400-Will Riley, 5. Public Testimony Card 230400

ORDINANCE NO. 230400

 

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Sponsor:  Councilmember Eric Bunch

 

Directing the City Manager to implement installation of bike lanes on Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard from Troost Avenue to Main Street; and waiving a requirement of Ordinance 210966.

 

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WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that bicycle lanes are important to a healthy community; and

 

WHEREAS, collaboration with and support from neighborhood associations and residents is a critical step prior to the installation of bicycle lanes; and

 

WHEREAS, Ordinance 220318 authorized the implementation of the Year One Bicycle Implementation Plan; and

 

WHEREAS, the Public Works Department is currently engaging with the community in planning Year 2 of the Bicycle Implementation Plan; and

 

WHEREAS, Ordinance 210966 provides a process whereby Council and public input is provided in planning and implementing new bike lanes; and

 

WHEREAS, Section 4 of Ordinance 210966 directs the City Manager or designee to provide an education and feedback period with the registered neighborhood association in which the bicycle lane(s) is proposed to be installed at least 90 days prior to the installation; and

 

WHEREAS, immediate installation of bike lanes along Cleaver II Boulevard is appropriate given the need for a bike-specific connection between bike facilities on Gillham Road and the Country Club Right of Way; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section 1. That the City Manager is directed to implement installation of bike facilities along Emmanuel Cleaver II Boulevard from Troost Avenue to Main Street.

 

Section 2. That Section 4 of Ordinance 210966 be waived so that installation of bike facilities on Emmanuel Cleaver II Boulevard may begin without the required 90-day period of education and feedback from neighborhood associations.

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Approved as to form:

 

 

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Dustin E. Johnson

Associate City Attorney