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CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL, REJECTION, AMENDMENT, AND/OR POSTPONEMENT OF RESOLUTION R-2021-121: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, APPROPRIATING $64,332.46 FROM THE CAPITAL FUND, DEPOSIT-SITE IMPROVEMENT-CASH FOR PAYMENT TO THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALAMEDA STREET WITH SUMMIT LAKES BOULEVARD/LOCHWOOD DRIVE.
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BACKGROUND: The 2015 - Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) 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 allocated to fund safety projects at 100% of their construction cost. Installation of pavement markings along federal functionally classified roads is eligible for this level of funding.
On February 13, 2007, City Council adopted Resolution R-0607-83 requesting federal funds for the construction of a new traffic signal and its interconnection to signals along Alameda Street east of 24th Avenue SE. The project was submitted to the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) with a request to include it in the Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP). Both the Intermodal Technical and Policy Committees of ACOG approved this request in January 2020. As a result, transportation federal safety funds to pay up to $217,465 in construction costs were secured in Federal Fiscal Year 2021. The Federal Grant was capped because this was the last project selected for the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area, and the amount of available funds were less than the estimated construction costs. On January 26, 2021, City Council approved Contract K-2021-87, a Project Maintenance, Financing and Right-of-Way Agreement for this signalization project. Total construction costs were estimated at the time at just over $275,000. Previously-collected tr...
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