REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 28, 2014
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE, City Engineer/Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Traffic and Engineering Services Division
BY: DAVID CISNEROS, Project Manager
Public Works Department, Traffic and Engineering Services Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the Third Amendment to the Cooperative Agreement with the Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA) re-allocating funds in the amount of $241,000 from the construction phase to preliminary engineering phase of the Willow Avenue Widening Project, 0.25 miles south of Nees to Shepherd Avenue under the Measure "C" Tier 1 Program (Council District 6)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Council approve the Third Amendment to the Cooperative Agreement with the Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA) for the Willow Avenue widening project under the Measure "C" Tier 1 Program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On January 27, 2009, the Council adopted Resolution No. 2009-19 in support of the Measure "C" Short-term Regional Transportation Program. On April 28, 2011 the Council approved a Cooperative Agreement with the FCTA to fund the Willow Avenue widening project. Subsequently this agreement was amended on October 10, 2012 to allocate funds for the right-of-way acquisition phase and on May 29, 2013 for the construction phase. During the design phase the scope of the project was expanded to cover the elimination of the traffic bottleneck on Nees Avenue and pedestrian trail plus the undergrounding of the overhead utilities. The Third Amendment will re-allocate available funds from the construction phase to the preliminary engineering phase to cover the additional cost arising from the expanded scope.
BACKGROUND
In November 2006, the voters approved a 20-year extension of Measure "C", the half-cent sales tax for transportation. On January 27, 2009, the Co...
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