HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 19-171RESOLUTION NO. 19-171
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING CITY OF BEAUMONT'S
APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION'S 2019 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
SET-ASIDE (TASA)/SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL -
INFRASTRUCTURE (SRTS) CALL FOR PROJECTS.
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) issued a call for
projects in February 2019 for communities to apply for funding assistance through the
Transportation Alternatives Set -Aside (TASA) and/or Safe Routes to School -
Infrastructure (SRTS) Progam; and,
WHEREAS, the SRTS funds may be used for development of plans,
specifications, and estimates; environmental documentation; and construction of
pedestrian and/or bicycle infrastructure. The SRTS funds do not require a local match.
As the Project Sponsor, the Local Government would be responsible for all non -
reimbursable costs and 100% of overruns, if any, for SRTS funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby,
in all things, approved and adopted; and,
THAT the City of Beaumont supports funding the projects, as shown in Exhibit
"A," attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes, and described in the Local
Government's 2019 TASA/SRTS Detailed Application (including the construction
budget, TxDOT's administrative cost, and the required local match, if any), and is willing
to commit to the project's development, implementation, construction, maintenance,
management, and financing. The City of Beaumont is willing and able to authorize, by
resolution or ordinance, the Local Government to enter into an agreement with TxDOT
should the projects be selected for funding.
The meeting at which this resolution was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter
551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 13th day of
August, 2019.
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�Mayor Becky Ames -
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2019 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET-ASIDE (TASA)/SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL -INFRASTRUCTURE (SRTS) PROGRAM PROJECTS
Project Name
Project
Estimate
TxDOT's
Admin. Cost
Total
Project Cost
Homer Drive Elementary School SRTS
$500,000.00
$75,000.00
$575,000.00
Guess Elementary School SRTS
$500,000.00
$75,000.00
$575,000.00
Caldwoodd-Elementary School SRTS
$500,000.00
$75,000.00
$575,000.00
Marshall Middle School SRTS
$500,000.00
$75,000.00
$575,000.00
King Middle School SRTS
$500,000.00
$75,000.00
$575,000.00
Charlton Pollard Elementary School
SRTS
$500,000.00
$75,000.00
$575,000.00
Assumption School SRTS (Pietzsch-
MacArthur Elementary & Blanchette
Elementary)
$1,000,000.00
$150,000.00
$1,150,000.00
EXHIBIT "A"