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Home My WebLink About023712 RES - 07/27/1999RESOLUTION ENDORSING RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS TO THE APPROVED FY 2000-2002 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, amendments to the FY 2000-2002 Transportation Improvement Program ("TIP") are necessary as a result of Council approved project deferment and emphasis on completion of 1986 projects in the FY 2000-2004 Capital Improvement Planning Guide and to reallocate federal highway funds to selected projects; WHEREAS, the TIP consists of 1986 and non -1986 bond street improvement projects funded by Metropolitan Mobility federal highway funds which consist of eighty percent (80%) federal and twenty percent (20%) local sharing of the street construction costs; WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi ("City") is responsible for one hundred percent (100%) of utility relocation and adjustment costs; WHEREAS, the use of federal highway funds is administered by the Texas Department of Transportation ("TxDOT") with project selection subject to approval by the Metropolitan Planning Organization ("MPO"); WHEREAS, the let dates for the recommended FY 2000 TIP projects have been scheduled by TxDOT and the City to comply with TxDOT's required bid letting schedule, and; WHEREAS, the FY 1999-2000 Capital Budget provides funding for the Local matching share of twenty percent (20%) plus the other project development costs, such as design, preparation of plans and specifications, design and construction of utility relocation/adjustments and right-of-way ("ROW") acquisition; and WHEREAS, amendments to the current TIP are necessary to defer projects to later years to coincide with the proposed FY 2000-2004 Capital Improvement Planning Guide and to reallocate the federal share to selected projects. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the following projects in the FY 2000-2002 TIP require additional federal highway funds: 1. Leopard Street Improvements Phases 1 & 2 (1986): The limits of Phase 1 extend from Rehfeld Road to Violet Road. Phase 2 extends from Violet Road to McKenzie Road. The original scope of the Leopard Street Improvements was to raise and fill the existing depressed median with curb and gutter and to install street lights. The use of federal funds requires all roadway design elements within the ROW to be in compliance with federal/TxDOT standards. The initial estimated total federal and local matching funds required for this project increased from $1,495,000 to the current estimate of $4,415,400, (total construction plus preliminary engineering and contingencies).� H:\LEG-DIR\SHINDAVERRY\ORDINANC\070.RES (dkw) 0 2 3 r ( 1 2 The preliminary cost estimate for Leopard Street Phase 1 & 2 is over half the approved amount in the FY 2000-2002 TIP. The FY 1999-2000 CIP has secured the local funds required for this project; however, federal highway funds are not available for both phases without deferment and reprogramming funds from another project on the FY 2000-2002 TIP. 2. McArdle Road Improvements Phase 1 (1986): McArdle Road Improvements Phase 1 extends between Weber Road and Everhart Road. The required federal and local matching funds increased from an estimated $1,900,000 to $2,587,800. The FY 2000-2002 TIP has been amended to allocate additional federal funds. 3. McArdle Road Improvements Phase 2 (1986): McArdle Road Improvements Phase 2 extends between Carroll Lane and Weber Road and is proposed to be let in FY 2000 per the approved FY 2000-2002 TIP. The cost estimate, federal and local match share, for this project is increased from $850,000 to $2,341,5,000. The additional cost is attributable to additional hydraulic capacity required to meet TxDOT design standards. 4. Cornett Drive Improvements (non -1986): The Cornett Drive Improvements extend from West Redbird Lane to U.S. 77. It is not a 1986 bond project. The required federal and local matching funds for this project are estimated to increase from $600,000 to $773,500. SECTION 2. That the following projects be deferred so that the use of the respective federal share to be reallocated to the selected projects: 1. Ocean Drive/Shoreline Boulevard Overlay Improvements (non -1986) -- Deferred after FY 2002 2. ADA Accessibility FY 1999 (non -1986) --Deferred until FY 2001 3. ADA Accessibility FY 2000 (non -1986) --Deferred until FY 2002 4. Yorktown Boulevard --Shea Ditch to Weber Road (F.M. 43) (non -1986) --Deferred after FY 2002 5. McArdle Road Phase 3 --Everhart Road to Holmes Street (non -1986) --Deferred after FY 2002 6. Airline Road at South Padre Island Drive Intersection Widening (non -1986) --Deferred after FY 2002 7. ADA Accessibility FY 2001 (non -1986) --Deferred after FY 2002 H:\LEG-DIR\SHINDAUERRY\ORDINANC\070.RES (dkw) 8. ADA Accessibility FY 2002 (non -1986) --Deferred after FY 2002 SECTION 3. That the following 1986 project be included in the FY 2000 TIP for which the City's twenty percent (20%) share and project development costs (design and preparation of plans and specifications) is proposed to be funded by the State Infrastructure Bank Loan Program: 1. Leopard Street Phase 3 (1986) --McKenzie Road (F.M. 3386) to Rand Morgan Road (F.M. 2292). SECTION 4. That the following amendments to the FY 2000-2002 TIP be implemented subject to the approval of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Metropolitan Planning Organizational ("MPO"): 1. Defer ADA Accessibility (non -1986) from FY 1999 to FY 2001. 2. Defer ADA Accessibility (non -1986) from FY 2000 to FY 2002. 3. Defer the following projects outside of the three year TIP to Priority 2 (unfunded) Status and reallocate the federal funds to the selected projects with deficiencies in federal funds: Airline Road at South Padre Island Drive Intersection Widening Ocean Drive/Shoreline Boulevard Overlay Improvements Yorktown Boulevard --Shea Ditch to Weber Road McArdle Road Phase 3 --Everhart Road to Holmes Drive ADA Accessibility FY 2001 ADA Accessibility FY 2002 4. Adopt Leopard Street Improvements Phase 3 --McKenzie Road (F.M. 3386) to Rand Morgan Road (F.M. 2292) in the FY 2000 TIP. ATTEST: Armando Chapa, City Secret Samuel L. Deal, Jr., Mayor Legal form approved on ;��ra a- , 1999; James R. Bray, Jr., City Attorney. By: Gerard V. D'Alessio, Jr., Assistant City Attorney H:\LEG-DIR\SHINDAVERRY\ORDINANC\070.RES (dkw) Corpus Christi, Texas Vday of , 1999 The above resolution wasp sed by th ollowing vote: Samuel L. Neal, Jr. Javier Colmenero Melody Cooper Henry Garrett Dr. Arnold Gonzales Rex A. Kinnison Betty Jean Longoria John Longoria Mark Scott 023712 H:\LEGDIR\SHINDAUERRY\ORDINANC\070.RES (dkw)