focus area: Infrastructure (Engineering)
Staff Contact: Mary Jaeger / Beth Wright
Subject: Authorization of the Santa Fe, Ridgeview to Mur-Len, Preliminary Engineering Project, PN 3-C-025-18.
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Item Description:
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Consideration of Resolution No. 21-1014 authorizing the Santa Fe, Ridgeview to Mur-Len, Preliminary Engineering Project, PN 3-C-025-18; and repealing Resolution 19-1018.
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Summary:
The Santa Fe corridor is currently congested, impacting the east-west travel times throughout the city. The interchange is also a critical component of the City’s transportation network, which is also congested and causes traffic to back up onto I-35. The interchange currently has a crash rate that is approximately 6 times the national average.
On February 5, 2019, City Council authorized $500,000 to evaluate various options to improve Santa Fe Street between Ridgeview Road and Mur-Len Road to increase capacity and improve safety. Staff has worked with HNTB Corporation to evaluate various options to improve the corridor. On January 19, 2021, the alternative options were presented to Council, and Staff was directed to move forward with the next steps in the project.
This Resolution will authorize an additional $3,950,000 in funding to provide preliminary design of improvements to Santa Fe Street between Ridgeview Road and Mur-Len Road, including the interchange with I-35, to increase capacity and improve safety of the corridor. Design of the project is needed to place the City in a position to compete for federal funding for the project.
Staff will return to Council in March 2021 with a Supplemental Agreement with HNTB Corporation for engineering services for this project.
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Financial Impact:
Funding for the Santa Fe, Ridgeview to Mur-Len, Preliminary Engineering Project, as approved in the 2021-2025 Capital Improvement Plan, includes:
GO Bonds $4,450,000
Total $4,450,000
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Action Needed:
Approval of Resolution No. 21-1014 authorizing the Santa Fe, Ridgeview to Mur-Len, Preliminary Engineering Project, PN 3-C-025-18; and repealing Resolution 19-1018.
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Attachment(s):
A. Project Location Map
B. Project Fact Sheet
C. Resolution
D. CIP Sheet