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CONTRACT NO. K-1213-183: A RIGHT-OF-WAY, PUBLIC UTILITY, AND ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ODOT) FOR FEDERAL-AID PROJECT NO. STP-214C (011)AG, STATE JOB NO. 29261(04) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CEDAR LANE ROAD FROM 12TH AVENUE S.E. TO ONE-HALF MIILE EAST OF 24TH AVENUE S.E. AND RESOLUTION NO. R-1213-118.
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BACKGROUND: On February 8, 2011, City Council approved engineering services Contract K-1011-135 with Cardinal Engineering Incorporated for the design of the Cedar Lane Road Widening Project. The Cedar Lane Road Widening Project involves the construction of a new four-lane roadway that will include on-street five-foot bike lanes. The project will also include improvements to 12th Avenue S.E. and 24th Avenue S.E. as they approach Cedar Lane Road, improve the BNSF railroad crossing and resurface U.S. Highway 77 on the north and south sides of Cedar Lane Road. Signalization of the 12th Avenue S.E. and Cedar Lane Road intersection will also help relieve traffic congestion at peak travel times during the day.
On November 22, 2011, the Norman City Council approved programming Resolution R-1112-60 requesting federal funds to widen Cedar Lane Road. This resolution states the City’s commitment to adhere to the terms and conditions of a federally funded project including engineering design, acquisition of all necessary rights-of-way and relocation of utilities and encroachments at 100% the City’s cost. In return, the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG), through the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), agrees to provide 80% of the construction costs estimated at $6,231,280, and administration of the construction with the matching share from the City of Norman.
On August 28, 2012, the citizens of Norman voted in favor of a bond issue to finance the local share of eight transportation/storm water improvement projects. Please see Attachment A for th...
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