SUBJECT: Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the bridge at Hillcroft Avenue at Willow Waterhole Bayou.
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt an ordinance approving and authorizing an Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and TxDOT.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project is part of the Federal Off-System Bridge Program which is administered by TxDOT to replace or rehabilitate structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges located on public roads and streets not located in the designated state highway system.
DESCRIPTION: This project consists of replacing the bridge at Hillcroft Avenue (southbound) at Willow Waterhole Bayou which has been determined to be structurally deficient.
LOCATION: The project area is generally bounded by West Bellfort Avenue on the north, West Airport Avenue on the south, Chimney Rock Road on the east and Fondren Road on the west. The project is located in Key Map Grid 571A.
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT AND FEE: Under this Program, the usual fund participation ratios for projects are 80 percent federal, 10 percent state and 10 percent local government. The Texas Administrative Code, Title 43, Section 15.55 provides that under specified conditions, the 10 percent local government match requirement may be waived if the local government performs an equivalent dollar amount of structural improvement work on another deficient bridge within its jurisdiction (Equivalent-Match Projects).
City Council under Resolution No. 2015-0036 dated September 30, 2015 requested TxDOT to waive the local match for the bridge located at Hillcroft Avenue (southbound) at Willow Waterhole Bayou due to the City’s performance of improvements of sufficient value on designated Equivalent-Match Projects. Based on this resolution, TxDOT has agreed to waive the local match and is prepared to begin design on this project.
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Bridge
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Key Map No.
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NBI Structure No.
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Control Section Job No.
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Council District
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Hillcroft Avenue Southbound at Willow Waterhole Bayou
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571A
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12102B31961177
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0912-72-347
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K
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Based on field investigations, the following bridge was identified as the appropriate candidate for replacement under this program.
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Location
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Key Map No.
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Council District
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400 block of Broadhurst
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572Y
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K
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FISCAL NOTE: No significant Fiscal Operating Impact is anticipated as a result of this project.
ACTION RECOMMENDED: It is recommended that City Council adopt an ordinance approving and authorizing an Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and TxDOT.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., Acting Director
Department of Public Works and Engineering
WBS No. N-140000-0001-7