From
Anda Upchurch
Title
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Local Project Advance Funding Agreement (LPAFA) with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to construct the remaining of four approved "Safe Routes to School" sidewalk segments that were submitted and approved for construction under the 2014 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Call for Projects
Presenter
Walter Shumac III, PE., Director of Transportation Services
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
On February 13, 2014, the Regional Transportation Council (RTC) approved approximately $28 million in federal funds for a program called Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). This funding is to help pay for transportation projects other than building roads. A Call for Projects was issued with a deadline date of May 30, 2014. One of the areas that this funding can be used for is to construct sidewalks designated as “Safe Routes to School”. The Safe Routes to School program identifies and provides sidewalks along the path that children and students could safely use to walk to and from school.
The City of Grand Prairie and the Grand Prairie Independent School District jointly submitted four (4) sidewalk segments in this Call for Projects with the City of Grand Prairie agreeing to be the public sponsor and point of contact for these projects. The Grand Prairie City Council passed resolution #4695-2014 on May 20, 2014 in support of submitting these projects for consideration in the Call for Projects. The funding agreement for three (3) sidewalk segments was approved at the June 7, 2016 City Council meeting. This resolution is to approve the funding agreement for the final segment along Interstate 20 between Lake Ridge Parkway and Robinson Road.
Unlike the three previously approved sidewalk segments, this segment will be handled completely by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). This sidewalk segment will be included in the construction of fron...
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