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County Administrator's Report 10. 21.
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| BCC Regular Meeting |
Budget & Finance Consent |
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| RECOMMENDATION: |
Recommendation Concerning a Resolution for the West Cervantes Street Corridor Traffic Feasibility Study - Joy Jones, P.E., Public Works Department Director
That the Board adopt and authorize the Chairman to sign a Resolution supporting the Florida Department of Transportation's request to allow the Florida - Alabama Transportation Planning Organization's (TPO) - General Planning Consultant to perform the West Cervantes Street Corridor Traffic Feasibility Study, in an amount not to exceed $250,000.
This project is located in Commission Districts 2 and 3.
[Funding: Fund 353, "Local Option Sales Tax IV," Cost Center 210106, Object Code 56301, Project #TBD] |
| BACKGROUND: |
The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) adopted the West Cervantes Street Corridor Management Plan (CMP) at its December 14, 2016, TPO Board meeting, with both the Escambia County Commission and City of Pensacola Council further supporting the CMP and directing staff from both agencies to coordinate on the implementation of both short-term and long-term corridor improvements.
The CMP details significant traffic and crash data collected from 2010 - 2015, which showed the annual average daily traffic (AADT) along the corridor averaged 17,250 vehicles, including 457 crashes during that period. Of the 457 crashes, 4 resulted in a fatality, 147 resulted in bodily injury, and 306 resulted in property damage only. Since the collection of the CMP data, numerous other crashes have occurred, with multiple crashes resulting in fatalities.
The Escambia County Board of County Commissioners and the Pensacola City Council entered into an Interlocal Agreement (executed May 29, 2018) to split the cost of funding the traffic feasibility study for the corridor from Dominquez Street to "A" Street in efforts to expedite the process of implementing near-term and long-term safety and corridor enhancements. FDOT indicated that a traffic feasibility study would be needed before any significant enhancements would be considered or implemented and that FDOT would manage such study. However, FDOT was unsuccessful in programming a traffic feasibility study in the current or tentative 5 Year Work Program due to limited resource availability. At the December 12, 2018, TPO Board meeting, FDOT staff recommended that the County and the City consider allowing the TPO General Planning Consultant to perform the study.
FDOT estimates the cost of the traffic feasibility study to be approximately $600,000. With the County's portion of the corridor being 4,250' or 36%, and the City's portion of the corridor being 7,600' or 64%, the County's allotment is anticipated to be $216,000 and the City's is anticipated to be $384,000.
The Board, meeting in regular session on April 17, 2018, approved funding $250,000 for the County's portion of the traffic feasibility study.
Upon approval, formal action to enter into an agreement with the TPO General Planning Consultant is anticipated to occur at the regularly-scheduled TPO Board meeting on February 13, 2019. |
| BUDGETARY IMPACT: |
| Funding: Fund 353, "Local Option Sales Tax IV", Cost Center 210106, Object Code 56301, Project #TBD |
| LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF: |
| Kristin Hual, Sr. Assistant County Attorney, has reviewed and approved the Resolution for Legal Sufficiency. |
| PERSONNEL: |
| N/A |
| POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION: |
| N/A |
| IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION: |
| Upon approval, County staff will coordinate with City and TPO staff regarding the Agreement between the County, City and TPO GPC. |
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