AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT FOUR HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT) AND THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COPANS ROAD MOBILITY PROJECT AND ASSIGNED TO THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK.
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BACKGROUND:
The Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) approved the funding for the design and construction associated with the Copans Road Mobility project to aid with offering additional multimodal infrastructure. This multiagency project required design, collaboration, and approval from the City of Margate, the City of Coconut Creek, Broward County, and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).
As part of the multiagency effort, the FDOT is providing the design and construction oversight for the Copans Road Mobility Project (FDOT Financial Project ID 429576-5). The proposed improvements include the replacement of the existing sidewalks on Copans Road with a shared-use pathway (8 to 10-feet in width) from SR7/US441 to about NW 49 Terrace. During the design phase, the City Engineer and the design team identified a small section of the proposed shared-use pathway that encroaches outside of the public right-of-way and within the City’s property (Government Center). As part of the design and noted on the FDOT Roadway Plans, Sheet No. 15, it illustrates the segment of new sidewalk that encroaches through the northwest corner of the City’s government center complex property. For background purposes, the existing 4-foot wide asphalt sidewalk is in the same general location or encroachment within City property. As part of the FDOT Copans Road Mobility Project improvements, this legal instrument is required to allow for the new sidewalk construction to be completed.
DISCUSSION:
The area of the encroachment is 300-feet in length and will be within portions of the new 10-foot wide sidewalk on City property. As a result of the encroachment, FDOT requires that the City enter into a District Four Highway Maintenance Memorandum of Agreement (MMOA). The City Engineer has reviewed and approved the typical section for the project that includes the segment of shared-use pathway that encroaches onto City property. The City will maintain or coordinate the maintenance of the shared-use pathway. The Copans Road right-of-way is under the jurisdiction of Broward County. City Staff anticipates a future agreement to transfer the sidewalk maintenance obligations to Broward County.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of this resolution.
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A