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AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1516-44: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND ATKINS NORTH AMERICA INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $1,542,232 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $2,232,632 TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MONITORING AND ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR SEVEN EXISTING AND TWO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RELIEF (CDBG-DR) ROADWAY PROJECTS USING FUNDING FROM THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AS OUTLINED IN CONTRACTS K-1516-107 AND K-1516-129.
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BACKGROUND: The City of Norman and Cleveland County both received damages to roads after the natural disasters including a May 19, 2013 tornado and multiple (six or more) wild fires in August of 2012. These disasters were all located in the same general area of southeastern Norman/Cleveland County. Damages to these roads with thin pavement sections were caused by heavy equipment providing aid during the disaster and recovery phases of the responses.
In June 2014, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) released its allocations and program requirements for the CDBG-DR 2013 Program. After learning that this aid was available to repair damages from the two previous natural disasters, both the City of Norman and Cleveland County completed applications to receive funding. After several application revisions requested by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (ODOC), the final City of Norman project locations, which are listed below, were determined and are shown on the attached map entitled Disaster Relief Project Locations.
The City of Norman locations with funding allocations are illustrated and submitted as an attachment.
Cleveland County received an additional $10,774,160 to fund an additional eight projects that will be administered by the County.
On January 26, 2015, the City of Norman was notified that their application had been reviewed and approved. To allow for compliance with the strict timelines that have been set b...
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