Bill Type and Number: Resolution 2007-556

Sponsor: Council Member Corrigan

Date of Introduction: May 8, 2007

Committee(s) of Reference: TEUS

Date of Analysis: May 11, 2007

Type of Action: Petition to the JTA

Bill Summary: The bill urges the JTA to abandon consideration of the use of neighborhood residential streets (specifically Hamilton Street and Shirley Avenue) in the planning and implementation of the East/Southwest corridor of the JTA’s future rapid transit system, and instead to direct planning efforts to the use of San Juan Avenue or Timuquana Road as the preferred locations for the corridor’s connections between Roosevelt Boulevard and Blanding Boulevard.

Background Information: The Hamilton Street/Shirley Avenue connection is one alternative being considered by the JTA in its corridor planning process, and the residents of the area have spoken out vigorously against the use of neighborhood streets instead of larger arterial roads for the rapid transit corridor.

Policy Impact Area: Mass transit corridor planning

Fiscal Impact: Undetermined

Analyst: Clements