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RESOLUTION NO. R-1415-56: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROGRAMMING FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM URBANIZED AREA (STP-UZA-SAFETY) FUNDS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL INTERCONNECTION UPGRADES ON MAIN STREET FROM 24TH AVENUE WEST TO UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD IN NORMAN.
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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, 2014, staff will submit 23 projects for consideration in the formulation of ACOG's Three-Year Transportation Improvement Program Plan Update. 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 20 of the 23 projects. The three projects that need programming resolutions in order to be considered in the plan update are:
Main Street Traffic Signal Interconnect, between 24th Avenue West and 36th Avenue West (100% Safety) (Resolution R-1415-55)
Main Street Traffic Signal Interconnect, between 24th Avenue West and University Boulevard (100% Safety) (Resolution R-1415-56)
Robinson Street widening and reconstruction, between Brookhaven Creek and In...
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