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RESOLUTION R-1718-47: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TRANSFERRING $19,600 FROM THE NEW SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ACCOUNT TO BE USED TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN OF SIDEWALKS ON CLASSEN BOULEVARD AND FLOOD AVENUE.
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BACKGROUND: The 2015 - Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) Federal transportation funding bill allocates approximately $21 Million in Federal funds per year for the implementation of eligible transportation improvements in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Ten percent of this appropriation is used to fund safety projects at 100% of their construction cost.
Every year, the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) coordinates a regional evaluation process that identifies transportation improvements eligible for federal funding. Individual projects are rated and compared to one another using pre-established criteria. The process ends with the formulation of the region's transportation improvement program and the decision to use federal funds to pay for a significant portion of the cost of the higher priority projects.
On November 26, 2013, City Council adopted Resolution R-1314-68 requesting the programming of federal funds to pay for 80% of the construction cost of new sidewalks along Classen Boulevard. The project addresses two sidewalk gaps along Classen Boulevard. The first location is along the west side of the road between Shawnee Street and Enid Street. The second location is a 350-foot long segment of sidewalks along the west side of Classen Boulevard immediately west of 12th Avenue SE. The estimated cost of the project is $200,000, with Federal funds covering $160,000 of this cost (80%).
On November 10, 2015, City Council adopted Resolution R-1516-34 requesting the programming of federal funds to pay for 80% of the construction cost of new sidewalks along both sides of Flood Avenue, between Gray Street and Dakota Street. The project addresses a significant side...
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