SUBJECT: Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston and Texas Department of Transportation for Voluntary Utility Relocation Contributions on State Highway Improvement Projects On-System, on Airport Boulevard from Hiram Clarke Road to
FM 521.
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt an ordinance approving and authorizing an Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and appropriate funds.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: The Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 201.209 authorizes the State and local government to enter into Agreements. The City possesses facilities that are affected by the highway improvement, and the State agrees that it is more economical or efficient for such relocation to be effected by including said contract in the State’s highway construction contract.
DESCRIPTION: This project consists of the construction of a four-lane divided roadway on a new location on Airport Boulevard from Hiram Clarke Road to FM 521.
LOCATION: The project area is generally bound by Holmes Road on the north, West Orem Road on the south, S.H. 288 on the east and South Post Oak on the west. The project is located in Key Map Grids 572 E, F, G & 571 H.
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT AND FEE: The existing water line and sanitary sewer shall be relocated, and adjustments shall be made along Airport Boulevard, from Hiram Clarke Road to FM 521. The water line and sanitary sewer facilities shall be owned, operated, and maintained by the City after completion and final acceptance by TxDOT and the City. The estimated total construction cost for the relocation and adjustment of facilities is $682,129.94.
The total requested appropriation is $886,768.92 to be appropriated as follows: $682,129.94 Cost of the Project, $68,212.99 for CIP Cost Recovery and $136,425.99 for Contingencies.
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 Texas Department of Transportation and appropriate funds.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., Director
Houston Public Works
WBS No. N-001310-0001-7; R-000521-0219-7; S-000521-0219-7
CSJ# 0912-71-386