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AMENDMENT NO. TWO TO CONTRACT NO. K-0708-54: A SUPPLEMENTAL AND MODIFICATION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ADJUSTING THE BUDGET AMOUNT FOR STATE-AID PROJECT NO. STP-114 E(199)EH, STATE JOB PIECE NO. 24554(04) FOR THE LEGACY TRAIL SOUTH EXTENSION ENHANCEMENT PROJECT.
ACTION NEEDED: Motion to approve or reject Amendment No. Two to Contract No. K-0708-54 with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation; and, if approved, authorize the execution thereof.
ACTION TAKEN: _________________________________________
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BACKGROUND: In June, 2007, the Parks and Recreation Department was notified they had been awarded a Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) Grant from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the Legacy Trail South Extension Project. City Council, in its meeting of August 28, 2007, approved Contract No. K-0708-54 with ODOT accepting grant funding for the design services for the project in the amount of $40,000 with the City contributing $10,000 (20% share). The total project estimate was in the amount of $400,000, which would include both design services and construction costs. Of this total, ODOT will reimburse 80% of the total funding ($320,000), with the City paying for the 20% match ($80,000). On December 23, 2008, City Council approved Contract No. K-0809-74 with C.H. Guernsey Company Engineers (Guernsey) for design services for the project. Since the ODOT grant is a reimbursement program, the City of Norman finances 100% of the project; of which 80% is reimbursed as it is requested and approved by the Special Projects Branch.
The preliminary design was completed and presented at a public meeting in March, 2009. After that meeting, there was a petition filed by the residents along Jenkins Avenue protesting the trail width along that section of the project. City Council, in its meeting of August 11, 2009, adopted Resolution No. R-1011-39...
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