From
Anda Upchurch
Title
Ordinance amending the FY 2015/2016 Capital Improvement Projects Budget; Engineering contract with Dannenbaum Engineering Company in the amount of $63,958.99, plus a 5% staff controlled contingency in the amount of $3,197.95 for a total project amount of $67,156.94 for the preparation of engineering plans and environmental assessment for four (4) segments of Safe Routes to School sidewalks selected in the 2014 Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) call for project
Presenter
Walter Shumac, III, P.E., Director of Transportation Services
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) issued a Call for Projects for the Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) which is funded using Federal funds. One type of project that falls within the TAP guidelines is Safe Routes to School. Grand Prairie identified four (4) Safe Routes to School projects which were submitted for funding. This submittal was supported by Resolution No. 4695, passed and approved on May 20, 2014. The four projects we submitted were selected. These are projects which, because of terrain, utilities, or slope issues, are more expensive and difficult to build. The construction is funded using 80% Federal funds, and although there is typically a 20% required match from the City, we have been approved to pay the City’s 20% match with Transportation Development Credits (TDC). Although the construction costs are paid by Federal and TDC funds, the City is responsible for the engineering plans and environmental clearance which must meet Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) specifications. This contract is with Dannenbaum Engineering for $63,958.99 to prepare the construction plans and environmental assessment for TxDOT approval.
Financial Consideration
Funding for an engineering contract with Dannenbaum Engineering in the amount of $63,958.99 plus a 5% contingency amount of $3,197.95 for a potential total project amount of $67,156.94 is available by approving an ordinance transferring and appropriating from the unobligated fund balance in the Street Capital Projects Fund (400192) to Grant Capital Projects Fund (300596) WO #11516013 (Safe Routes to School Sidewalks) 68560 (Eng/Con/Geo).
Body
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE FY 2015/2016 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING AND APPROPRIATING $67,157 FROM THE UNOBLIGATED FUND BALANCE IN THE STREET CAPITAL PROJECT FUND (400192) TO GRANT CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND (300596) WO #11516013 (SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL SIDEWALKS) 68560 (ENG/CON/GEO).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THE FY 2015/2016 Capital Improvement Projects Budget be amended by transferring and appropriating $67,157 from the unobligated fund balance in the Street Capital Project Fund (400192) to Grant Capital Projects Fund (300596) WO #11516013 (Safe Routes to School Sidewalks) 68560 (Eng/Con/Geo).
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2015.