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RESOLUTION 99-37
A RESOLUTION NAMING AND ENDORSING THE "COTTONBEL T TRAIL
DISTRICT" BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT (BTD) CONCEPT
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills supports the North Central Texas Council
of Governments' Bicycle Transportation District (BTD) concept to assist the region in providing
cost effective, cost efficient and safe intermodal access for bicycle and pedestrian traffic; and
WHEREAS, this regional goal compliments the established national goal to double the
current percentage of total trips made by bicycling and walking and to simultaneously reduce
the number of bicyclists and pedestrians killed or injured in traffic accidents by ten (10)
percent; and;
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills has adopted the "North Richland Hills Bike
Trail System Master Plan" that, serves to connect strategic destination points throughout the
City; and
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills has coordinated with adjacent cities for the
development of this trail corridor; and
WHEREAS, the Cities of Grapevine, Colleyville and Southlake currently comprise a
candidate Bicycle Transportation District (BTD) in Mobility 2020, the regional long-range
transportation plan; and
WHEREAS, the North Ric~land Hills City Council endorses establishing the name
"Cottonbelt Trail District" for this BTD for identification in Mobility 2020, the long-range
transportation plan update, and broadening the current candidate BTD to include North
Richland Hills among the other cities along the Cotton belt Trail.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS:
Sec. 1.
THAT the City of North Richland Hills adopts Resolution 99-37, endorsing the
"Cottonbelt Trail District" Bicycle Transportation District (BTD) Concept.
AND IT IS SO RESOLVED.
Passed and approved this the 24th day of May 1999.
City of North Richland Hills
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Charles ScomØ, Mayor
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Jim Browne, Director of Parks & Recreation
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