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RESOLUTION R-1819-97: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, DEPOSITING DEFERRAL FUNDS TOTALING $590,796.45 PAID BY THE DEVELOPERS OF CEDAR LANE, SECTION 1, AND THE LINKS AT NORMAN, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD); APPROPRIATING THOSE FUNDS TO THE CEDAR LANE WIDENING PROJECT FROM 12TH AVENUE S.E. TO EAST OF 24TH AVENUE S.E.; AND TRANSFERRING THE REMAINING CEDAR LANE ROAD PROJECT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $596,327.45 TO THE 24TH AVENUE EAST PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: On February 8, 2011, City Council approved engineering services Contract 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 involved the construction of a new four-lane roadway that included five foot bike lines on each side of the road. The project also included improvements to 12th Avenue SE and 24th Avenue SE as they approach Cedar Lane Road, an improved BNSF railroad crossing, resurfaced U.S. Highway 77 on the north and south sides of Cedar Lane Road and new traffic signals at 12th Avenue SE and U.S. Highway 77 where these streets intersect Cedar Lane Road.
On November 22, 2011, the Norman City Council approved programming Resolution 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 matching share from the City of Norman.
On August 28, 2012, the citizens of Norman voted in favor of a General Obligation Bond Issue to financ...
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