RESOLUTION

Endorsing the Submission of Smart Scale (HB2) Applications Requesting Transportation Funding
             by the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization

         WHEREAS the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), in
cooperation with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Thomas Jefferson Planning
District Commission (TJPDC) completed a comprehensive Long Range Transportation Plan (“2045
LRTP”) in May 2019; and

         WHEREAS the 2045 LRTP includes certain transportation improvements described within this
resolution; and

      WHEREAS the Hydraulic Small Area Plan was adopted as an amendment to the Charlottesville
Comprehensive Plan on May 7, 2018; and

       WHEREAS the MPO Policy Board has identified transportation projects which are critical to
improve safe and efficient movement of people and goods along public roadways in the Charlottesville-
Albemarle Metropolitan area; and

        WHEREAS during its 2014 session, the Virginia General Assembly enacted legislation in the form
of House Bill 2 (“HB2”) which established new criteria for the allocation of transportation funding for
projects within the state (“Smart Scale”); and

       WHEREAS the Commonwealth Transportation Board, during its board meeting on June 17, 2015,
approved the Policy and Guidelines for Implementation of a Project Prioritization Process in accordance
with Smart Scale; and

       WHEREAS many of the transportation projects identified by the MPO meet the eligibility criteria
for Smart Scale funding; and

        WHEREAS it is in the best interests of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Transportation
Planning Area that the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the MPO should submit Smart Scale
applications requesting state funding for eligible transportation projects; NOW, THEREFORE,

        BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that the Council fully endorses
the submission of a Smart Scale application by the MPO to the Commonwealth to seek funding for the
following transportation projects:

Projects within the City of Charlottesville:
       1. Avon Street Multimodal Improvements
       2. District Avenue (at Hydraulic Road) Roundabout
       3. Fifth Street Multimodal Improvements
       4. Rivanna River Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge Crossing


        ADOPTED the ________ day of ___________, 2022 by the Charlottesville City Council

                                                                                         ATTEST:

                                                                       Kyna Thomas, Council Clerk