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Resolution to Decertify and Remove Briarcliff Drive (East of Prairie Street), and Thaler Avenue (East of Garden Circle) from the Act 51 Street System
Memorandum
Approval of this resolution will remove Briarcliff Drive (east of Prairie Street), and Thaler Avenue (east of Garden Circle) from the Act 51 Street System Map.
In order to receive Act 51 funding (gas tax funds that are collected by the state and then redistributed to respective municipalities based on a set formulas for the sole use of maintenance and repair of major and local streets), it is crucial that the City Street Administrator (Homayoon Pirooz) maintain up-to-date, accurate Street System Maps. To amend an Act 51 Street System Map, the state requires that administrators submit specific, detailed information and forms. One of the requisite amendment documents is a resolution adopted by the municipal governing body outlining and approving the requested changes/amendments.
Briarcliff Drive - The Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) received a grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to reduce runoff/stormwater volume in the Thurston School subwatershed, of the Millers Creek watershed. The project will result in a community rain garden on the east side of Prairie Street in place of the current Briarcliff Drive. HRWC is working with the City of Ann Arbor and JFNew to plan the removal of 150-foot length of pavement that currently exists at the site and prepare it for planting. The street removal will occur under the City’s annual street resurfacing contract. Several storm drain inlets will be modified and a fire hydrant will be moved. A sidewalk will be installed where the stub fronted onto Prairie Street with an opening in it to allow water to flow from the street to the raingarden. Since the soil on that site is clay, under drains will be installed prior to planting. The HRWC will facilitate the planning, educational signage, and have been working with the neighbo...
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