Resolution 4759 - Request to TAC to Remove 3rd & 4th Avenues East from Federal Urban Highway SystemRESOLUTION NO. 4759
A RESOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION TO THE KALISPELL AREA
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADVISING IT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL'S REQUEST THAT THIRD AVENUE EAST AND FOURTH AVENUE EAST
BE REMOVED FROM THE FEDERAL URBAN HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, in 1977, the streets of Third Avenue East and Fourth Avenue East in Kalispell,
Montana were placed in the Federal Urban Highway System; and
WHEREAS, the neighborhoods through which the streets of Third Avenue East and Fourth
Avenue East pass are predominately residential; and
WHEREAS, the 1993 Kalispell Area Transportation Plan estimated the combined traffic for CY
2015 on First Avenue East, Third Avenue East and Fourth Avenue East at 12,000
vehicles per day; and
WHEREAS, the Montana Department of Transportation Study for CY 2000 placed the combined
traffic volumes for the above -named streets at 19,000 vehicles per day, greatly
exceeding the previous estimate; and
WHEREAS, the increased traffic through the above -described residential neighborhoods
adversely affects the living environment of the residents and poses a danger to
pedestrians, especially small children; and
WHEREAS, the City's ability to effectively deal with the problems this level of traffic creates is
greatly restrained so long as these streets remain on the Federal Urban Highway
System.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The City Manager is hereby directed to communicate the resolve of the
Kalispell City Council to solicit the Kalispell Area Transportation Advisory
Committee to favorably endorse its request to the Montana Department of
Transportation and to the State Transportation Commission that the Kalispell
streets of Third Avenue East and Fourth Avenue East be removed from the
Federal Urban Highway System.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 2ND DAY
Mayor
ATTEST: U
tli�eresa White
City Clerk
AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
IBER, 2002.