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| TO: | City of New Port Richey City Council | | FROM: | Robert M Rivera, Public Works Director | | DATE: | 2/7/2017 | | RE: | FDOT FY17 Highway Landscape Reimbursement and Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement, Resolution No. 2017-10 - Consideration for Approval |
REQUEST:
The request of staff for Council is to review and consider for approval the proposed Resolution No. 2017-05 authorizing staff to apply and accept a Highway Landscape Reimbursement grant and enter into a Highway Landscape Reimbursement and Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation.
DISCUSSION:
As City Council is aware, the City's reimbursement grant application for the US Highway 19 Center Median Landscape Project Phase 1 was approved by FDOT on April 19, 2015 in the amount of $126,500.00. A second grant application was submitted to FDOT for a Phase 2 project to complete the construction of landscaping in the center islands along US Highway 19 within the City of New Port Richey City Limits from Trouble Creek Road to the Pithlachascotee Bridge. A request for $546,543.00 was submitted to FDOT to assist with the funding of the proposed landscape project. On January 25, 2017 FDOT notified the City it would enter into a highway landscape reimbursement agreement contract with the City. The proposed resolution is a requirement of the agreement.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the approval of Resolution No. 2017-010 and the HLRMOA.
BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT:
Subsequent to the completion of Phase 2, the reimbursement funding total from FDOT to the City is identified as $673,043.
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