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Ordinance amending the FY 2015/2016 Street Maintenance Sales Tax Program as outlined for Grand Prairie Streets, Alleys,Seal Coating, Crack Sealing , Pavement Marking and Pavement Leveling, utilizing approved Price Agreements and Service Contracts
Presenter
Ron McCuller, Public Works Director
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
One of the primary missions of the Public Works Department, Street Maintenance Division, is to maintain the City's streets in good condition to provide safe and comfortable riding surfaces. The total street system consists of approximately 650 center lane miles of streets. The Street Maintenance Sales Tax Program and budgeted expenditures are targeted to those locations where maintenance can restore a roadway to a higher standard and/or extend the useful life of the roadway. The use of the ¼ Cent Sales Tax for Street Maintenance Program is to fund the City's Hot Mix Asphalt Overlay, the Asphalt Recycling, the Concrete Curb/Gutter and Panel Replacement, Pavement Leveling and the Alley Improvement Program. A Pavement Condition Rating and Inventory program is used to assist in knowing where to spend resources for the most cost-effective manner.
The Public Works Department is currently in the process of reviewing various pavement assessment plans to provide a less time intensive and more accurate assessment of pavement conditions throughout the city in order to provide a better prioritization of proposed streets to be addressed in the annual sales tax program.The old rating system has been determined to be outdated and not as accurate as desired. We will have the results of the new pavement rating system for the 2017 program.
Financial Consideration
Funding for the Street Sales Tax project is available by approving an ordinance transferring and appropriating $9,190,168 from the unobligated fund balance in the Street Sales Tax Maintenance Projects Fund (232010), WO #01610503 (FY16 STMT Projects).
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE FY 2015/2016 STREET SALES TAX MAINTENANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING AND APPROPRIATING $9,190,168 FROM THE UNOBLIGATED FUND BALANCE IN THE STREET SALES TAX MAINTENANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND (232010) TO WO #01610503 (FY16 STMT PROJECTS)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE FY 2015/2016 Street Sales Tax Maintenance Capital Projects Budget be amended by transferring and appropriating $9,190,168 from the unobligated fund balance in the Street Sales Tax Maintenance Capital Projects Fund (232010) to WO #01610503 (FY16 STMT Projects)
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 17TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2015.