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Traffic Engineering Services Agreement between the City of Gainesville and Alachua County for FY 2017 (B)
This item is an agreement between the City of Gainesville (City) and Alachua County (County) for traffic engineering services in the amount of $208,047.34 in revenue to the City during FY17.
Explanation
For 38 years the City of Gainesville and Alachua County have entered into an annual agreement for maintenance of traffic signals and traffic engineering services. Under terms of this agreement, the City of Gainesville maintains and operates all traffic signals, flashing school beacons, and flashing warning beacons in the unincorporated area of Alachua County. In addition, the City assists Alachua County with traffic signal design, review and construction inspection activities. The agreement was put into place in an effort to prevent duplication of services and has resulted in significant cost savings for the overall traffic management system. The County's contribution for traffic signal maintenance is based on the current number of traffic signals in operation in the unincorporated Alachua County.
This amendment was previously brought to the City Commission in September 2016. However, the County wanted to incorporate additional changes to Attachment C. This amendment updates the Fiscal Year on attachments, corrects the eligible traffic signal reimbursable count to thirty eight, and utilizes quarterly billing.
Fiscal Note
Alachua County will pay the City $208,047 for FY16/17, plus costs for materials for traffic signal maintenance. This is an increase of 3.4% compared to last FY15/16 payment of $201,164.
Recommendation
The City Commission authorize the City Manager to renew the agreement for Traffic Engineering Services between the City of Gainesville and Alachua County for the period of October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017, subject to approval by the City Attorney as to form and legality.