City of Albuquerque - File #: R-18-40

• File #: R-18-40
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/21/2018
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 8/6/2018
• Enactment date: 8/24/2018
• Enactment #: R-2018-047
• Title: Establishing City Policy For The Implementation Of Downtown Walkability Improvements; Repealing And Replacing R-15-152 (Enactment R-2015-024) (Benton)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton

Date	Action By	Action	Result
8/24/2018	City Clerk	Published
8/20/2018	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
8/14/2018	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
8/6/2018	City Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
8/6/2018	City Council	Amended	Pass
6/18/2018	City Council	Accepted with a recommendation Do Pass, As Amended
6/13/2018	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass, as Amended	Pass
6/13/2018	Land Use, Planning, and Zoning Committee	Amended	Pass
5/21/2018	City Council	Introduced and Referred
5/21/2018	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY THIRD COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. R-18-40 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton
RESOLUTION
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Establishing City Policy For The Implementation Of Downtown Walkability Improvements; Repealing And Replacing R-15-152 (Enactment R-2015-024) (Benton)
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ESTABLISHING CITY POLICY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DOWNTOWN WALKABILITY IMPROVEMENTS; REPEALING AND REPLACING R-15-152 (ENACTMENT R-2015-024).
WHEREAS, the City Council in early 2014 commissioned Jeff Speck, a nationally-known urban planner, designer and author, to study the overall walkability of the city's core and make recommendations for pedestrian, bicycle and traffic improvements that could be implemented there which resulted in the Albuquerque Downtown Walkability Analysis submitted by Mr. Speck on September 5, 2014 (the "report"); and
WHEREAS, this study involved close coordination and dialogue with relevant city agencies and stakeholder groups, including the Department of Municipal Development, ABQ Ride, Downtown residents and business owners, and revitalization leaders; and
WHEREAS, the report makes recommendations for vehicle lane reconfigurations, bicycle facilities, roadway realignments and sidewalk improvements that could improve circulation and livability in Downtown; and
WHEREAS, the report also makes policy recommendations aimed at encouraging the continued revitalization and redevelopment of the area and addressing challenges such as parking, safety and street trees; and
WHEREAS, these recommendations include many that could be implemented inexpensively during already-scheduled roadway maintenance and small improvement projects, such as restriping lanes and enhancing signalization, and others that warrant further consideration and/or prioritization of funding, such as providing at-grade pedestrian and/or traffic crossings over the railroad tracks for some east-west streets, conversion...