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Roadway Transfer Agreement with Alachua County (B)
The City of Gainesville entered into a Maintenance Agreement with Alachua County for the Section of Main Street (SR 329) from Depot Avenue to University Avenue in 2003. The Roadway Transfer Agreement will transfer ownership of Main Street from South 16th Avenue to University Avenue to the City of Gainesville.
Explanation
The City of Gainesville and the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization (MTPO) began working on the concept of converting Main Street to a two-lane roadway with on-street parking as early as 1997. In subsequent years, a series of consultant studies, charrettes and presentations were conducted and motions were approved to direct staff at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Alachua County and the City of Gainesville to develop a plan for transferring ownership and maintenance of Main Street in order to facilitate the two-laning option.
The original jurisdictional arrangement agreed to in January 2001 provided that Alachua County would execute an agreement with FDOT to accept ownership of Main Street from State Road 331 north to University Avenue and the City of Gainesville would execute an agreement with Alachua County confirming that the City will maintain Main Street from Depot Avenue to University Avenue (0.51 miles).
Based on that arrangement the City of Gainesville executed a maintenance agreement with Alachua County to maintain Main Street from Depot Avenue to University Avenue in 2003. The City also entered into a maintenance agreement with FDOT for Main Street from University Avenue to N. 8th Avenue.
Due to the number of projects that the City is undertaking along Main Street, staff is recommending that the City pursue accepting ownership of Main Street from South 16th Avenue to University Avenue (1.13 miles). Since the cost for maintenance for the majority of this section of roadway currently falls on the City, the fiscal impact of accepting ow...
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