HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 04-47 Authorization to Proceed with Changing the Name of Kirkwood Boulevard to Solana BoulevardTOWN OF WESTLAKE
RESOLUTION NO. 04-47
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, DIRECTING THE TOWN
MANAGER TO OBTAIN PERMISSION AND GATHER THE NECESSARY
INFORMATION TO CHANGE THE NAME OF KIRKWOOD BOULEVARD IN
WESTLAKE TO SOLANA BOULEVARD AND TO BRING BACK A FUTURE
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS RENAMING.
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake is home to Solana, a unique mixed use
business, hotel and retail development which houses many Fortune 500 companies doing
business in the Town of Westlake; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Aldermen recognize and support the continued growth
and prosperity of the Solana complex by working with State and local officials to
increase visibility and access to the Solana Marriott Hotel and other Solana businesses;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen desire to rename Kirkwood Boulevard to
Solana Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen, after passage of this Resolution, shall direct
the Town Manager to begin assembling the necessary permissions and providing
necessary notifications in order to bring back to the Board for consideration a formal
Ordinance to enact this change; and
WHEREAS, the Town Manager shall coordinate the changing of this street name
with the United States Post Office, and the date of effective change with the Post Office
shall be consistent with the placement of new street signs along this roadway; and
WHEREAS, the Town shall contact all contracted services that utilize this
roadway, including but not limited to telephone, cable, electrical, gas, water, wastewater,
and trash collection providers, so that these providers can update their respective
databases with the street name change; and
WHEREAS, the Town shall coordinate with the Texas Department of
Transportation and with Tarrant County by providing these governmental jurisdictions
specific notice as to when the new street signs would take effect and coordinating with
the Texas Department of Transportation the changing of all exit signage along SH 114 for
this roadway's ramps; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF
THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That the recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated herein,
adopted by the Town and declared to be true and correct.
SECTION 2: That the Town Manager shall immediately begin the process to
rename Kirkwood Boulevard in Westlake to Solana Boulevard and bring an Ordinance to
that end back to the Board as soon as possible.
SECTION 3: That once the Ordinance has been considered and approved by the
Board of Aldermen that the street name sign changes at all intersections and along the SH
114 exit ramps shall occur on the same day, after coordinating with the United States
Postal Service and other pertinent entities as to the specific date of change.
SECTION 4: That all residents and businesses with a Kirkwood Boulevard
address must be provided with sufficient time to notify others about the street name
change prior to its actual implementation. This time shall be no less than sixty (60) days
from the date of the notice sent by the Town.
SECTION 5: It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Aldermen of
the Town of Westlake, Texas, that sections, paragraphs, clauses and phrases of this
Resolution are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this
Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Resolution since the same
would have been enacted by the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Westlake without the
incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section.
SECTION 6: This Resolution shall become effective upon its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 13t' DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2004.
ATTEST:
Ging Crosswy, Town0ecretary
APPRO � l� � ORM:
Lo 0 orney
Scott Bradfey, Mayor
Trent Petty, To �anger