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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreement with the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the reconstruction of University Avenue from Shorewood Boulevard to Segoe Road with the use of stimulus funding for this project. (11th AD)
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The City is proposing to reconstruct University Avenue from Shorewood Boulevard to Segoe Road. University Avenue is an urban street with concrete pavement, constructed in 1972 and is in poor condition. The City of Madison will be the lead agency for the project, which also involves Dane County and the Village of Shorewood Hills. The City applied for Economic Stimulus Funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the project received approval for ARRA funding.
The project will be constructed under a contract let by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) and a project Agreement with WisDOT will be required for funding, oversight and construction. The proposed project is planned for construction in the year 2010.
The City of Madison and the WisDOT propose to enter into an agreement for construction and cost sharing of the proposed project. The basis for cost sharing participation is as follows:
1) Design Engineering: All design-engineering costs necessitated by the street reconstruction are 100% Local Funding. Funds for design-engineering are available in the Engineering Major Streets Capital Budget account number 810358, Pavement Management.
2) Local Utilities: The City shall pay for 100% of the cost of installing or adjusting new water and sanitary sewer mains. The City assumes full responsibility for the design, installation, testing and operation of the sanitary sewer and water system. Each affected local municipality shall pay for 100% of the costs for installing or adjusting new or existing local utilities.
3) Street Reconstruction: The WisDOT shall pay 100% of the costs for replacement of pavement, concrete curb and...
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