SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve a State Highway Lighting, Maintenance, and Compensation Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for maintenance of lighting on state roads and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
This agreement requires the City to maintain street lighting on state road corridors in the city limits. This is a replacement agreement for one that has been in effect since 2003. The City currently maintains 1,090 streetlights in the State Highway System.
This agreement provides a process for FDOT to reimburse the City annually for the cost to maintain the lighting system, including a 3% annual increase in the unit rate per light and an increase from 90% to 95% in the first year for the total number of lights used in the compensation calculation. Previous agreements did not include these increases. The City anticipates a $294,409 compensation in July 2021 under the current agreement, increasing to $320,073 in July 2022, the first year of the new agreement.
The agreement term is seven years, through June 30, 2028 and can be cancelled with two years advance notice by either of the maintaining agencies (City of Clearwater or FDOT).
The Traffic Operations Division in the Engineering Department is responsible maintaining the roadway lighting system.