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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the WS Young and Little Nolan Road Traffic Signal HSIP Grant Project.
Summary
DATE: March 1, 2022
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Andrew Zagars, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Authorize the City Manager to enter into an Advance Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the WS Young Drive and Little Nolan Road Traffic Signal HSIP Grant Project.
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On August 12, 2020, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) held a statewide call for safety improvement projects on and off the state highway system and encouraged the participation of cities and counties. The purpose of the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is to provide funds for eligible construction costs for the road safety projects in an effort to facilitate a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and incapacitating injuries on all public roads.
On September 28, 2020, the City of Killeen Engineering Division submitted an application for the HSIP by proposing a project at the intersection of WS Young Dr. and Little Nolan Rd. On April 12, 2021, TxDOT notified the City of the project's qualification and selection of the project to the HSIP. Since receiving the notification, the City has moved forward with the design of the project in order to keep the project moving forward and on schedule as TXDOT worked to draft an Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) for the federal funding.
Prior to the expenditure of HSIP funds for construction, the City is required to enter into an AFA, attached hereto and incorporated herein. Funding for off-system projects such as WS Young Drive and Little Nolan Road, non-state roads, typically requires a contribution of 10 percent of the total construction costs and 100 percent of all costs that exceed the available HSIP program dollars. For this project, TXDOT ...
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