City of Gainesville - File #: 070673.

• File #: 070673.
• Version: 0
• Name: Maintenance of Enhanced Crosswalks and Landscape on State Highways (B)
• Type: Staff Recommendation
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/14/2008
• In control: City Manager
• Final action: 1/14/2008
• Title: Maintenance of Enhanced Crosswalks and Landscaping on State Highways (B) This item involves a request by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for the City of Gainesville to enter into Maintenance Agreements to provide perpetual maintenance for enhanced pedestrian crosswalks and/or landscaped medians for four (4) FDOT resurfacing projects.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/14/2008	0	City Commission

Title
Maintenance of Enhanced Crosswalks and Landscaping on State Highways (B)

This item involves a request by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for the City of Gainesville to enter into Maintenance Agreements to provide perpetual maintenance for enhanced pedestrian crosswalks and/or landscaped medians for four (4) FDOT resurfacing projects.

Explanation
In September 2007, the Public Works Department received a letter from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) that stated certain roadway enhancements will not be included in FDOT projects on the State Highway System unless the local government with jurisdiction agrees to provide for the maintenance of the enhancements. FDOT has recently presented four (4) Maintenance Agreements for consideration. In particular, the City of Gainesville is requested to be responsible for the future maintenance of the textured pedestrian crosswalks and landscaping within the rights-of-way that exceed the FDOT standards covered by the proposed Agreements. There are currently four (4) resurfacing projects being impacted by this change in policy and they are the following: 1) University Avenue from West 21st Street to Waldo Road; 2) University Avenue/Hawthorne Road from Waldo Road to SE 14th Street; 3) NW 34th Street from NW 5th Avenue to US 441; and 4) North 39th Avenue from NW 24th Boulevard to the main Airport Entrance.

There are a total of 1,430 square yards (sq. yd.) of imprinted asphalt crosswalks to be placed in Fiscal Year 2008 and 4,317 sq. yd. of imprinted asphalt crosswalks to be placed in Fiscal Year 2009. These crosswalks are estimated to have a maximum five (5) year life and then would need replacement. Replacement costs are estimated to be $125 per sq. yd. (2007 dollars); thus a CIP cost of $251,519 would be required in Fiscal Year 2013 and a CIP cost of $736,392 would be required in Fiscal Year 2014. The estimated replacement cost includes not only the actual cost of the cr...