ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Public Works Director with a Request to:
A. Reallocate $290,719.23 in SOUTHTOWN TIF Funds from the ELM-REED SEWER RELOCATION Project to the MACARTHUR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT Project, within the SOUTHTOWN TIF.
B. Approve the Phase 1 Engineering CONTRACT with INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING, INCORPORATED, in the Amount of $310,805.00, for Phase 1 Engineering on the MACARTHUR HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. (District 1)
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BACKGROUND:
A. Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts provide an opportunity to improve the City's infrastructure. The Elm-Reed Sewer Relocation project from the Southtown TIF was abandoned due to excessive cost for a small projected return. The MacArthur Highway Bridge Replacement project requires this Southtown TIF funding in order to begin the Phase 1 Preliminary Engineering designs for State and Federal Highway Administration approval.
On Item #14-029, Council had authorized reprogramming $450,000.00 from the MacArthur Highway Bridge Replacement Project to the Martin Luther King Jr Drive Reconstruction Project. That removed all proposed funding from the bridge replacement. Staff recommends reallocating the Southtown TIF money from Elm-Reed Sewer Relocation to begin funding the preliminary engineering of the MacArthur Highway Bridge Replacement.
The MacArthur Highway Bridge, which spans to R.B. Garrett Avenue, is an aging structure along an arterial roadway. This structure was constructed in 1942 and received a maintenance renovation in 2001. The bridge's current load rate is 14 tons. The bridge has a sufficiency rating of 3.0, which makes it eligible for replacement through the State's Major Bridge Program. Ratings are on a scale of 1 to 100, with 100 considered as an entirely sufficient bridge, usually new; an entirely deficient bridge would receive a rating of 0.
A request was made through IDOT for FY2018 funding. The City received notice from IDOT on April...
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