Title
Resolution Requesting Staff Review of Mobility in the Lowertown Area
Staff
Prepared by: Howard S. Lazarus, City Administrator
Approved by: Howard S. Lazarus, City Administrator
Body
Whereas, The City of Ann Arbor provides an exceptional quality of life to its residents and is therefore a community of choice that attracts new residents and businesses;
Whereas, Development in the northern areas of the City can reasonably be expected to add demand to the City’s mobility network;
Whereas, City Council desires to mitigate the potential impacts of this development on the City’s quality of life;
Whereas, The confluence of Pontiac Trail, Broadway Street, Plymouth Road, Moore Street, Wall Street, and Maiden Lane (also known as Lowertown) has the potential to become a mobility chokepoint; and
Whereas, The City has previously conducted area-wide assessments of traffic in this area;
RESOLVED, That City Council directs the City Administrator to have staff develop the scope, schedule cost, and funding sources necessary to review and update previous studies of vehicular, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian movement leading to and traveling through the Lowertown area; and
RESOLVED, That City Council directs the scope, schedule, costs and funding sources be presented to the Transportation Commission at its January 18, 2018 meeting; and this information along with Transportation Commission comments and recommendations, and any necessary budget amendments be presented to City Council at its February 5, 2018 meeting for consideration.
Sponsored by: Mayor Taylor, Councilmembers Ackerman, Bannister, and Kailasapathy