SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
Title
Approve a three-year agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to reimburse the City up to $187,322 for the establishment of a quiet zone along the CSX railroad line between Lakeview Road and Drew Street and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
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SUMMARY:
April 21, 2016, City Council approved an agreement between the City and CSX Transportation in the amount of $374,644.00 for the establishment of a quiet zone along the CSX railroad line between Lakeview Road and Drew Street.
Establishing a quiet zone requires that the City upgrade the CSX railroad crossing at Pinellas Street with quad gates along with upgrading the wiring and circuitry along the CSX corridor.
Traffic Operations staff has been successful in obtaining a grant that will permit FDOT to reimburse the City up to half the cost $187,322 of the required improvements for establishing the quiet zone. This grant agreement has to be executed prior to CSX executing the City Council approved agreement from April 21, 2016.
Upon execution of the agreement with FDOT, CSX will execute their agreement with the City from April 21, 2016 and work shall begin thereafter on the above mentioned improvements and upgrades.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
0315-92559-334411-000-000-0000 $187,322
USE OF RESERVE FUNDS:
A third quarter amendment will increase budget only in Capital Improvement Program project 0315-92559, City-Wide Intersections Improvement, by $187,322 of FDOT grant funding.