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CONTRACT NO. K-1314-105: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND DUKE CONOCO PHILLIPS MIDSTREAM (DCP) IN THE AMOUNT OF $76,785 FOR THE RELOCATION OF GAS PIPE LINE.
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BACKGROUND: On February 8, 2011, City Council approved engineering services Contract No. K-1011-135 with Cardinal Engineering Inc. for the design of the Cedar Lane Road Widening Project for $350,630 or 3.5% of the total estimated project cost. The Cedar Lane Road Widening Project involves the construction of a new four-lane roadway that will include five-foot wide bike lines on each side of the road. The project will also include improvements to 12th Avenue SE and 24th Avenue SE 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 SE 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 No. 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 cost estimated at $6,231,280, and administration of the construction with the 20% 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. One of the eight 2012 bond projects is the Cedar Lane Road Widening Project. See the attached location map showing the project boundaries.
On April 23...
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