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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Apply For And If Awarded, Accept The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Complete Streets And Other Localized Initiatives Program Award, In A Total Aggregate Amount Not To Exceed $6,000,000.00 To Implement Three Complete Street And Other Localized Initiatives Projects Filling In Sidewalk Networks And Other Pedestrian Safety Improvements Along City Maintained Local Streets Within The Following Areas: Johnson Street Mobility And Pedestrian Safety Improvements, N. 35th Avenue To N. 14th Avenue; North 22nd Avenue Complete Streets From Sheridan Street To S.W. 2nd Place (Co-Applicant With The City Of Dania Beach); And Sidewalk Construction Infill In The Area Bordered By State Road 7 To The West, N. 56th Avenue To The East, Taft Street To The South, And Sheridan Street To The North (West Park Road E Of SR 7 Sidewalk Network), Segments Infill N. 64th Avenue And Sheridan Street, And If Awarded, Committing The City To Fund $720,000.00 Or 12% Of Total Cost For Project Contingencies For The Projects Together With The Applicable Operating And Maintenance Costs Once Complete; Further Authorizing Appropriate City Officials To Execute All Applicable Program Documents And Agreement(s).
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (Broward MPO) has adopted “Commitment 2040”, their “Long Range Transportation Plan” (LRTP) and has funding available from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). This has set the stage for a new more streamlined program for funding local mobility projects. The Broward MPO has established the “Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program”. The mobility projects include complete streets projects.
The City of Hollywood intends to apply in November 2018 for the $2,000,000 award from the Broward MPO for each of the Complete Streets Projects that are estimated to cost no more than $2,000,000 for Federal Transportation Authority participating work scope for each of the three (3) geographical areas/zones. The City would be required to fund Project contingencies in the estimated amount of $720,000 for two of the projects. The project scope for the Johnson Street project is estimated at $2M to be funded by the MPO as Grant Federal Transportation Authority participating work scope such as sharrow bike lanes, train pedestrian crossing, lighting. Sidewalks to be installed/replaced as part of water/sewer utility project.
These “Complete Streets” Projects would be implemented along City maintained local streets within the following areas/zones: 1) Johnson Street Mobility And Pedestrian Safety Improvements, N. 35th Avenue to N. 14th Avenue; 2) North 22nd Avenue Complete Streets From Sheridan Street To S.W. 2nd Place (Co-Applicant With The City Of Dania Beach) 3) Sidewalk Construction Infill In Area Bordered By State Road 7 To The West, N. 56th Avenue To The East, Taft Street To The South, And Sheridan Street To The North (West Park Road E Of SR 7 Sidewalk Network), Segments Infill N. 64th Avenue And Sheridan Street
The Broward MPO requests a Resolution of Support from the City of Hollywood in order for the City’s application in November 2018 for the Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program to be accepted and evaluated for ranking. The ranking by the City to be used by the MPO when selecting from multiple projects from one applicant shall be as follows:
1. Johnson Street Mobility and Safety Improvements
2. N. 22nd Avenue Complete Streets (co-applicant with City of Dania Beach)
3. Sidewalks infill West Park Road E of SR 7 Sidewalk Network, N. 64th Avenue, Sheridan Street.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Dr. Wazir Ishmael, City Manager
Gus Zambrano, Assistant City Manager/Sustainable Development
Shiv Newaldass, Director, Development Services
Luis Lopez, P.E., City Engineer