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R -22 -17 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A SMART SCALE APPLICATION FOR THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH COMPLETE HIGH STREET INNOVATION CORRIDOR PROJECT. WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Transportation is accepting SMART SCALE program applications; and WHEREAS, the Complete High Street Innovation Corridor Project is a multi - modal, complete streets roadway improvement project along High Street between Chestnut Street and the Martin Luther King Expressway (approximately 1.3 miles); and WHEREAS, the Project includes scenic streetscaping, utility relocations, high visibility crosswalks, sidewalk upgrades and a shared use path; and WHEREAS, the Project reduces travel lanes from four lanes to two in order to accommodate raised medians and on- street bicycle accommodations; and WHEREAS, the Project supports the City's newly designated Innovation District, a mixed -use redevelopment area west of Downtown Portsmouth; and WHEREAS, the City intends to submit a SMART SCALE application to VDOT seeking $10,689,212 in funding in FY 2025 dollars for the Complete High Street Innovation Corridor Project; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: (1) That it supports the Complete High Street Innovation Corridor Project; (2) That it supports the SMART SCALE application for the Complete High Street Innovation Corridor Project; (3) That the City Manager and her designees are authorized to execute and deliver such materials as may be required for the submittal of the application; and (4) That this resolution shall be in effect as of the date of adoption. ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held on July 26, 2022. Teste: City Clerk