From
Glenda Peterson
Title
Ordinance amending the FY 2019/2020 Capital Improvement Projects Budget; Street Maintenance Sales Tax Program as outlined for Grand Prairie streets, alleys, roadway resurfacing, pavement markings, pavement leveling, professional services, and engineering, utilizing approved price agreements and service contracts
Presenter
Gabriel Johnson, 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. However, the Street Maintenance Sales Tax program and budgeted expenditures are targeted to residential roadways where maintenance can restore a roadway to a higher standard and/or extend the useful life of the roadway or in limited instances a complete rebuild of the residential street. The use of the 1/4 Cent Sales Tax for the street maintenance program is to fund the City's Hot Mix Asphalt Overlay, Crack & Seal Coat Roadway Resurfacing, Asphalt Recycling, Concrete Curb/Gutter and Panel Replacement, Pavement Leveling, Alley Improvement, Professional and Engineering Services. Prioritization of streets in this program is determined by customer complaints as well as City Council requests. Please see the proposed program in the attachment.
As noted, the Sales Tax program targets residential streets. Arterial and Collectors (major roads) are generally excluded from the Sales Tax Program in favor of a prioritization system determined by a pavement Condition Rating and Inventory Program developed by a consultant, which is used to assist in knowing where to spend resources in the most cost-effective manner. This program determines how to extend the life of existing pavement through targeted maintenance activities as well as determining when a complete rebuild of a roadway is necessary. The goal is to keep the arterial and collectors with a PCI rating of 70 or above (rated on a scoring system of 0-100). Funds for that program are budgeted separately in the Capital Improvements Program (CIP) and the 2020 program is presented in a separate communication.
Financial Consideration
Funding for the FY 2019/2020 Street Sales Tax project is available by approving an ordinance transferring and appropriating $10,500,000 from the unobligated fund balance in the Street Sales Tax Maintenance Projects Fund (232010), WO #02004703 (FY20 STMT Projects).
Body
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE FY 2019/2020 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BUDGET BY TRANSFERRING AND APPROPRIATING $10,500,000 FROM THE UNOBLIGATED FUND BALANCE IN THE STREET SALES TAX MAINTENANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND (232010) TO WO# 02004703 (FY20 STMT PROJECTS)
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT THE FY 2019/2020 Capital Improvement Projects Budget be amended by transferring and appropriating $10,500,000 from the unobligated fund balance in the Street Sales Tax Maintenance Capital Projects Fund (232010) TO WO #02004703 (FY20 STMT PROJECTS).
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 17th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2019.