SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve a Local Agency Program (LAP) Agreement between Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the City of Clearwater in the amount of $2,223,803 for the construction of Druid Trail Phase IV, authorize the appropriate officials to execute same and adopt Resolution 17-06.
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SUMMARY:
This LAP Agreement authorizes the City to build the final section of the Druid Trail which will tie into the terminus of Druid Trail Phase III. Druid Trail Phase IV is an eight foot wide multiuse asphalt trail on Druid Road from Evergreen Avenue (Glen Oaks Park) to the Duke Energy Trail.
Total estimated cost of the project is $2,911,610 which includes the trail and various intersection improvements. FDOT is willing to fund a maximum of $2,223,803 of this amount to be used for constructing the trail with federal funds. City funds shall be used to fund the intersection improvements in the estimated amount of $687,807.
The LAP agreement is to go into effect 4/5/2017 and the project is expected to be completed by July 3, 2018.
Maintenance of the facilities for the trail will be the responsibility of the Parks and Recreation Department and Traffic Operations Division of the Engineering Department.
City staff recommends approval of the LAP agreement and adoption of Resolution 17-06.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
0315-92146-334411-000-000-0000 $2,223,803
A first quarter amendment will increase budget, only, by FDOT funding in the amount of $2,223,803 in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) 0315-92146, Druid Road Improvements.
Funding is available In CIP 0315-92146, Druid Road Improvements to fund the City portion.