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CITY COMMISSION
AGENDA ITEM |
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Department: |
Public Works |
Commission Meeting
Date: May 2, 2017 |
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Staff Contact: |
Nick Voss, Project Engineer |
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Recommendations/Options/Action
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Adopt on first reading, Ordinance
No. 9353, designating certain streets within the City of Lawrence as main
trafficways and award Bid No. 1717, Project No. PW1619 – 2016/2017 Traffic
Calming (CIP# PW17E8), to Sunflower Paving in the amount of $392,545,22. |
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Executive Summary: |
On June 7, 2016, the City Commission approved traffic calming projects for the following areas: Ø University Place Neighborhood – traffic circles at: - 17th & Indiana - 17th & Illinois - 18th & Indiana - 18th & Illinois Ø Ousdahl Road, between 25th Street and 26th Street – speed humps Ø Trail Road, between Lawrence Avenue and Kasold Drive – speed cushions Ø Trail Road, between Eldridge Street and Folks Road – speed cushions Funding for traffic calming projects was included in the CIP to be paid with General Obligation Bonds. In order to issue bonds for these projects, the streets need to be designated as main trafficways by adoption of Ordinance No. 9353. The project will also include traffic calming along Edgewood Lane which will be funded by the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority (LDCHA). The project was bid on March 21, 2017. Sunflower Paving Inc. submitted the lowest and best bid of $392,545.22 for all the work to be completed. |
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Strategic Plan
Critical Success Factor |
Safe, Healthy, and Welcoming Neighborhoods Innovative Infrastructure and Asset Management |
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Fiscal Impact
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The fiscal impact to the City is $392,545.22. This project combines CIP funding for traffic calming from the 2016 Traffic Calming budget in the amount of $192,545.22, and the 2017 Traffic Calming budget (CIP# PW17E8) in the amount of $200,000. If approved, the projects will be financed with General Obligations Bonds. The City and the LDCHA have entered into an agreement to construct speed humps on Edgewood Lane. LDCHA will pay $13,230 for the total cost of construction of these improvements. |
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