Subject: 21438/JtContract/TDOT-HamCo/Grant/BatteryPlacePhaseII-TNRiverpark
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 1990 13:00:00 -0500


                               RESOLUTION NO. 21438
                 
                 
                  A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE
                  A JOINT CONTRACT WITH THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT
                  OF TRANSPORTATION AND HAMILTON COUNTY FOR A
                  FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
                  ($580,000.00) ISTEA GRANT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
                  OF THE BATTERY PLACE PHASE II SEGMENT OF THE
                  TENNESSEE RIVERPARK.
                 
                 
                                                    
                 
                 
       	    	 WHEREAS, a Federal ISTEA grant in the amount of $580,000
       has been awarded to Hamilton County and the City of Chattanooga 
by
       the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the construction 
of
       the Battery Place Phase II segment of the Riverpark; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the completion of this project will link
       existing segments of the Riverpark and allow one to walk from
       Ross's Landing Downtown to the Sandbar Restaurant upriver on a
       continuous trail; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the highly successful Tennessee Riverpark is a
       valuable recreation resource and exemplifies the progress 
attained
       through the public and private sectors working together;
                                NOW, THEREFORE,
       	    	 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That the Mayor be and is hereby 
authorized
       to execute a joint contract with the Tennessee Department of
       Transportation and Hamilton County for a $580,000 ISTEA grant for 

       the construction of the Battery Place Phase II Segment of the
       Tennessee Riverpark.
      
       ADOPTED:	 July 1, 1997
      
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