Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Transportation
CM/ DCM/ ACM: Mario Canizares
DATE: October 10, 2017
SUBJECT
Title
Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the implementation plan for sidewalks.
Body
In 2014, Denton citizens approved in the Bond Election $2 million in funding for miscellaneous sidewalks. Staff developed a list of projects that used school areas, including universities, Americans with Disabilities Act requests, pedestrian safety, high pedestrian activity centers, visible footpaths, and missing links to prioritize projects. The first Draft Sidewalk List, presented to the Mobility Committee in February 2016, demonstrated an estimated $3 million in priority projects and did not cover every missing link or sidewalk gap in the city. The List was considered a working document which could change as additional information came forth that would prioritize another project(s).
The List has been revised and expanded upon since it was first created, most notably including a list of sidewalk projects specifically in the Downtown area. Additionally, if a citizen made a request for a new sidewalk it was added to the bottom of the List. These projects, unlike those initially included on the List, have not received cost estimates.
Of the projects on the List, six have been completed and two more are ready to be let for construction with expected completion by the end of the year. Eight projects had initial work started or an account set up, but no final design was developed for these eight. These projects are planned to be bundled together and sent to a consultant to design and/or construct. Due to the small scale of the projects, bundling them together for design and construction saves on time and money.
The remaining projects have not had any initial design work done and some do not have cost estimates. In order to better plan and prioritize these projects and to include requests from citizens, staff has developed a draft ranking system. ...
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