SUBJECT: Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the relocation and adjustment of existing sanitary sewer lines and waterlines along SH 288 from North MacGregor Way to IH 69.
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt an ordinance approving and authorizing an Advance Funding Agreement between the City of Houston (City) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the relocation and adjustment of existing sanitary sewer lines and waterlines along SH 288 from North MacGregor Way to IH 69. and appropriate funds.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: TxDOT's project consists of drainage improvements to SH 288 from North MacGregor Way to IH 69. City facilities will be affected by the highway improvements. The City and State agree that it is more economical for such relocation to be included in the State’s highway construction contract.
LOCATION: The project area is generally bound by Alabama Street on the north, South MacGregor Way on the south, Scott Street on the east and Almeda Road on the west.
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT AND FEE: The agreement between the City and TxDOT entails the relocation of City utilities as part of the drainage improvements being made to SH 288 from North MacGregor Way to IH 69.
Total cost of this project is $867,970.00. The City is responsible for $433,985.00. The total requested amount of $455,684.25 is to be appropriated as follows: $433,985.00 for the cost of the project and $21,699.25 for CIP Cost Recovery.
FISCAL NOTE: No significant Fiscal Operating Impact is anticipated as a result of this project.
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Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., Director
Houston Public Works
WBS No(s).: N-TX0288-0003-7, R-000521-0228-7, S-000521-0228-7