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I I I 69 RESOLUTION NO. 1976-41-R A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, REQUESTING AN EXCEPTION TO THE POLICY OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGH- WAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATmON AND THE FEDERAL HIGHW;<llYcADMINISTRATION REQUIRING PARALLEL PARKING ALONG ALL STREETS WITHIN THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT ARE TO BE IMPROVED WITH FEDERAL AID SO AS TO ALLOW ANGLE PARKING ON LBJ DRIVE FROM COMAL STREET TO COLORADO STREET. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Marcos,has requested assistance through the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation for the overlay of LBJ Drive from Interstate Highway 35 North to Colorado Street; and, WHEREAS, LBJ Drive is a street within the Urban Transporta- tion System of the City of San Marcos; and, WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State Department of High- ways and Public Transportation and the Federal Highway Admin- istration to require parallel parking on all streets within an Urban Transportation System that are to be improved with their funds; and, WHEREAS, such a requirement would critically reduce the number of currently available parking spaces from 109 to 54 in the downtown area; now, there~6re, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS" TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Federal Highway Administration and the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation be, and are hereby, requested to waive their requirement for parallel parking along LBJ Drive from Comal Street to Colorado Street as part of the grant application for overl~y work on LBJ Drive so as to allow a continuation of the present angle parking system. SECTION 2. That this Resolution shall take effect inwedi- ately from and after its passage. ADOPTED this 12th day of July, 1976. ~@~ Errunie Craddock Mayor ~~ Doriss Hambrick City Secretary