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R 85-18
WHEREAS, the Austin Metropolitan Area is experiencing an unprecedented
rate of growth in suburban development which increases the demand for housing,
public utilities, and transportation facilities; and
WHEREAS, traffic volumes on the state highway system in Travis and
Williamson Counties on the average have increased 97% between 1980 and 1984,
and
WHEREAS, Travis County, , City of Austin, and State Department of
Highways and Public Transportation acting cooperatively through the Austin
Transportation Study have employed the firm of CRS-SIRRINE to develop an
updated transportation plan for the Austin Metropolitan Area, and
WHEREAS, said Lc,,, 'ing firm has been instructed in its scope of work
to examine the use of abandoned railroad rights-of-way to increase transportation
facility capacities, and
WHEREAS, there is potential for a transit and transportation corridor
generally along the alignment of the abandoned Missouri -Kansas -Texas Railroad
right-of-way extending from Georgetown through a route east of Round Rock and
Austin along U.S. Highway 183 and onto a logical terminus south of the Colorado
River, and
WHEREAS, there is an imperative public necessity to reserve up to 300
feet of right-of-way for a limited access highway transit corridor before land
subdivision activity precludes this transportation option, and
WdREAS, certain property owners in the vicinity of the MKT Railroad
right-of-way have agreed to form the MOKAN Corridor Association and to donate
300 feet of right of way !for the purpose of a transit and transportation
corridor in Travis and Williamson Counties,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
That the City Council supports and encourages a transit and transportation
corridor along the alignment of the abandoned Missouri -Kansas -Texas Railroad
right of way. _
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this the 14th day of May. 1985.
CA J. CAERING, OR