TITLE
Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an advance funding agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the Gateway Monument (on SH 195 at the southern city limits) project.
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE GATEWAY MONUMENT (ON SH 195 AT THE SOUTHERN CITY LIMITS) PROJECT
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC WORKS - TRANSPORTATION DIVISION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Keep Texas Beautiful, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), has awarded the prestigious Governor's Community Achievement Awards (GCAA) to ten Texas communities having the best grassroots environmental programs in the state each year. This award annually endows Texas communities with a share of landscaping prize money to be used in the construction of a beautification project within the winning community. The projects are completed on selected state rights-of-way and conform to both the winning city's aesthetic expectations and stringent standards of safety, design, and maintenance laid out by TxDOT.
Keep Killeen Beautiful (KKB), a committee of Killeen Volunteers, Inc., has been a promoter of educating citizens and encouraging them to invest in the health and beauty of their surroundings. In 2011, KKB presented a GCAA application and was awarded a $290,000 landscape award.
The Volunteer Services Division staff, as a representative for KKB, approached the Transportation Division staff for ideas on a project to expend the award. A Gateway Monument project with landscaping on SH 195 at the southern city limits was devised and the Transportation Division proposed to provide design services. On April 23, 2013, the City Manager signed a contract with Walker Partners to design the SH 195 Landscaping - Gateway Monument. Design services are primarily complete. The scope of this p...
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