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CONTRACT NO. K-1415-33: A PROJECT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,026,669 FOR PROJECT AGREEMENT NO. 09031(05)(09) FOR THE INTERSTATE 35/HIGHWAY 9 INTERCHANGE RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE STORM DRAINAGE DIVERSION STRUCTURE AND INTERSTATE 35/LINDSEY STREET INTERCHANGE RECONSTRUCTION AND BRIDGE DECK AESTHETICS; ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO R-1415-21; AND APPROPRIATION OF CAPITAL FUND BALANCE.
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BACKGROUND:
Lindsey Street Storm Drainage Structure:
On November 22, 2011, the Norman City Council approved Programming Resolution No. R-1112-63 requesting federal funds for the Lindsey Street Improvements. This resolution states the City's commitment to adhere to the terms and conditions of a federally funded project. Through the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG,) the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) agrees to provide 80% of the cost, up to $9.7 million, and administer the construction with the matching share from the City of Norman. In order to receive the federal funding, the City of Norman is required to enter into an agreement with ODOT to complete the design, acquire all necessary rights-of-way and relocate utilities and encroachments at 100% the City's cost.
On August 28, 2012, the citizens of Norman voted in favor of General Obligation Bonds to finance the local share of eight transportation/storm water improvement projects. One of the eight 2012 bond projects is Lindsey Street from 24th Avenue S.W. to Berry Road. Attachment A is a map showing the project boundaries. On December 18, 2012, Council approved the design contract for this project with Leidos Engineering LLC, (formally SAIC, LLC).
The roadway portion of the project includes transportation and aesthetic improvements to Lindsey Street. The Lindsey Street corridor between Interstate 35 and Berry Road is the most congested corridor in the Oklahoma City met...
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