Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Engineering Services
CM/ ACM: Jon Fortune
Date: September 13, 2016
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance approving a Metropolitan Mobility Agreement for State-Contracted Traffic Signal Construction between the City of Denton and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), concerning the City providing certain traffic signal equipment with reimbursement by TxDOT for IH 35E grade separation improvements at Loop 288 (CSJ No. 0196-01-106); authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement; and providing for an effective date.
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BACKGROUND
City staff has been working with TxDOT staff since the Fall of 2015 to have TxDOT construct grade separation improvements along I-35E at Mayhill (add a U-Turn on the west side), Brinker Rd. (add an I-35E overpass to connect Brinker Rd. to the I-35E south frontage road) and Loop 288 (replace the existing I-35E overpass with a longer overpass to allow 4-lanes of Loop 288 in each direction to alleviate congestion at this highly congested intersection). TxDOT has completed the roadway plans to accomplish this work and advertised the project. Bids are scheduled to be received on September 9, 2016, with construction contract award scheduled for September 29, 2016.
A portion of this project involves the installation of traffic signals at the intersections of I-35 E with Loop 288/Lilian Miller Parkway within the City of Denton, which the City will operate and maintain upon completion (as is normal for all traffic signals within the City of Denton). The cost of the design and construction of these signals is included in the TxDOT project. However, the City of Denton uses specific manufacturers' equipment for traffic signal control cabinets and cabinet bases, Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) system, advanced radar detection, Ethernet radio with antenna and Ethernet switch at traffic signals for uniformity of software, parts and maintenance. As such, the City prefers to...
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