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RESOLUTION: R-1516-43: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROGRAMMING FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM URBANIZED AREA (STP-UZA) FUNDS FOR THE WIDENING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF 48TH AVENUE N.W. FROM ROBINSON STREET TO ROCK CREEK ROAD (PHASE 1).
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BACKGROUND: The 2012 - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) 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 a pre-established criterion. 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.
DISCUSSION: On December 15, 2015, staff will submit twenty projects for consideration in the formulation of ACOG's Four-Year Transportation Improvement Plan. One of the requirements for project consideration is that interested cities submit programming resolutions for each individual project. In years past, Council has adopted resolutions for seventeen of the twenty projects. The three projects that need programming resolutions in order to be considered in the plan update are:
* Pavement Markings (Phase 5) - Pavement Markings at various locations throughout the City (100% Safety) (Resolution R-1516-33)
* Flood Avenue Sidewalks, between Gray Street and Dakota Street (Resolution R-1516-34)
* Tecumseh Road, between 12th Avenue NE and Hollister Trail (Resolution R-1516-35)
Additionally, in an effort to maximize the amoun...
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