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RESOLUTION R-2021-88: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, PROGRAMMING FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM URBANIZED AREA (STP-UZA-SAFETY) FUNDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF 36TH AVENUE NW AND BART CONNER DRIVE.
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BACKGROUND: The 2016 - Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) federal transportation funding bill allocates approximately $22 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: In October, 2021, staff will submit up to ten of our highest ranked projects for consideration in the formulation of ACOG's One-Year Transportation Improvement Program update (FFY 2024). To be eligible, each submitted project must have had a programming resolution submitted for the project.
On January 14, 2021, Staff attended the Intermodal Transportation Technical Committee (ITTC) meeting where the projects from across the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area were discussed for potential inclusion in the FFY 2022-25 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP). The result of that meeting was to develop recommended lists for the Intermodal Transportation Policy (ITPC) committee to approve for the funded years of FFY 2022-2023. Nine of Norman's nineteen submitted projects were selected for inclusion in the FFY 2022-2023 TIP....
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