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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 will now compensate the city for school flashers, beacons and blank out signs, but also 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 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 repair of cracks, removal and/or repair of grout pads, resetting of anchor bolts and repair or replacement of deteriorated anchor bolt and nuts. Mast arms that the Department determines to be at the end of its useful life will be replaced by the Department so long as documented preventative maintenance and any applicable periodic maintenance was satisfactorily performed.
Fiscal Note
The Florida Department of Transportation compensates the City annually for Traffic Signal Maintenance. The amount to be reimbursed for FY 15 is $443,436.00 which is an increase of $198,404.38 (80.97%) from FY 14. The C...
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