Title
Resolution for Amendment to the Traffic Signal Maintenance and Compensation Agreement with FDOT (B)
This item is a request to amend the 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 on the State Highway System (SHS). Blank out signs communicate traffic pattern changes when activated and blank out (disappear) when de-activated.
This increase in compensation is due to several factors:
1. New payment for online or interconnected traffic signals;
2. Increment in payment for school flashers on the SHS in the City Limits;
3. Increment in payment for flashing beacons on the SHS in the City Limits;
4. Increment in payment for blank out signs on the SHS in the City Limits; and
5. New payment for travel time detectors.
Fiscal Note
The Florida Department of Transportation compensates the City annually for Traffic Signal Maintenance. The amount to be reimbursed for State FY16/17 is $640,048. FY15/16 reimbursement was $437,152. The increase of $202,896 represents a 46% increase versus previous year due to new payment rates for online or interconnected traffic signals.
Recommendation
The City Commission: 1) adopt the Resolution for an Amendment to the Traffic Signal Maintenance and Compensation Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation; 2) consider allocating the additional funds to offset additional costs incurred by the Traffic Management Center for operating and maintaining an interconnected Traffic Signal System; and 3) authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents, subject to approval by the City Attorney as to form and legality.