R2011-60 FOR RESTORATION OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

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PUBLIC WORKS MEMORANDUM NO. 2011-23 DATE: April 18, 2011 TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager Richard G. Marley, P.E., Public Works Director SUBJECT: Resolution Appropriating Motor Fuel Tax Funds for Street Improvements SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached resolutions appropriating Motor Fuel Tax(MFT) funds for proposed 2011 street improvement projects and that the Mayor be authorized to sign said resolutions, and the City Clerk to attest. 1. The appropriation of$1,718,000 for asphalt street improvements. 2. The appropriation of$350,000 for concrete street reconstruction. 3. The appropriation of$1,730,000 for the improvement of South Main Street and South Franklin Street between Wood Street and Cleveland Avenue. PRIOR COUNCIL ACTION: Each year the City Council appropriates MFT funds for street improvement work. MFT funds are allocated for street improvement work as part of the Fiscal Year 2012 Capital Improvement Plan. October 21, 2010—Council approved Resolution R2010-202 authorizing and approving the Jurisdictional Transfer of North and South Route 51 (Franklin Street and Main Street)between Eldorado Street and Cleveland Avenue. The City is to receive $2,245,000 upon approval of the transfer by the State. The State requires that the funds be expended in accordance with Motor Fuel Tax requirements. December 6, 2010—Council approved Resolution R2010-230 authorizing a design services agreement between the City of Decatur and Homer L. Chastain&Associates to design improvements to South Main Street and South Franklin Street between Wood Street and Cleveland Avenue for a fee not to exceed $101,774. December 6, 2010—Council approved Resolution 82010-231 appropriating $101,774 in Motor Fuel Tax(MFT) funds to pay for the design services agreement with Homer L. Chastain& Page I 1