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P. <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Board of County Commissioners <br />Through: John Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator <br />Prepared By: Jim Mann, MPA; MPO Senior Planner <br />Date: April 12, 2024 <br />Subject: Resolution of Support for Aviation Boulevard Extension Project <br />It is requested that the information presented herein be given formal consideration by the Board <br />of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 23, 2024. <br />DESCRIPTION, CONDITIONS, AND ANALYSIS <br />The County's Capital Improvements Element includes a project to extend Aviation Boulevard east <br />of US 1 to 37th Street. Recently, the County submitted a grant application to the Florida <br />Department of Transportation (FDOT) for funding through the County Incentive Grant Program <br />(CIGP) to construct the extension. One item required with the grant application is a Resolution of <br />Support from the Board of County Commissioners. <br />The Aviation Boulevard Extension project will include the construction of a new roadway from <br />US 1 to 37th Street. The project will also include pedestrian and bicycle improvements such as 7' <br />buffered bike lanes and sidewalks on both sides of the road. It will also provide an alternate route <br />to the County's main medical corridor, while helping to alleviate traffic along US 1 from Aviation <br />Boulevard to 37th Street. <br />The Aviation Boulevard Extension has been identified in the Indian River County MPO's 2045 Long <br />Range Transportation Plan as a roadway need and cost feasible project. <br />FUNDING <br />The extension of Aviation Boulevard will be funded through the County Incentive Grant <br />Program (CIGP), as well as through Optional Sales Tax/Road & Bridge/ROW/Aviation Extension - <br />USI to 37th Street account, number 31521441-066120-22010, Traffic Impact Fees 2020/District <br />II/Aviation Extension-US1 to 37th Street Account, number 10415241-066510-22010, and Traffic <br />Impact Fees/District 2/Aviation Extension-US1 to 37th Street account, number 10215241- <br />066510-22010. <br />89 <br />C:\Granicus\Legistar5\L5\Temp\6918e265-d89b-4c14-96c4-ffdc769fa0ILdocx 1 <br />