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Resolution for Traffic Signal Maintenance and Compensation Agreement (B)
This item is a request to enter into the newest Florida Department of Transportation Traffic Signal Maintenance and Compensation Agreement.
Explanation
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) currently compensates the City of Gainesville to maintain their traffic signals within city limits. The updated agreement now compensates the City for overhead school flashers and beacons, and changes how any future painted steel mast arm intersections will be maintained.
Current FDOT policy states that any intersection not within the ten mile range of the coast will be constructed as a span wire intersection. There are occasions when traffic signals in our area get reconstructed. If the City requests these signal reconstructions to be mast arm, the City must agree to pay the cost difference for capital construction.
The new agreement divides mast arm maintenance into two categories; preventative maintenance and periodic maintenance. Under the new agreement, the City will be responsible for preventive maintenance and FDOT will be responsible for periodic maintenance. If any new mast arms are requested to be painted, the City becomes responsible for both preventative and periodic maintenance. The City has had a policy requiring mast arms to be painted black.
Periodic maintenance includes repairs such as deteriorated anchor bolts and nuts if the foundation is found to become deficient over time, and the eventual replacement cost of the mast arms once FDOT determines that the structure has reached the end of its useful life. Foundation and anchor bolt repairs could cost up to $15,000 per pole, and a mast arm intersection reconstruction could cost from $250,000 to $450,000 depending on size and utility coordination.
Fiscal Note
The Florida Department of Transportation compensates the City annually for Traffic Signal Maintenance. The amount to be reimbursed for FY15 is $245,031.62. ...
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