Fiscal Note
Budget authority is available in the following accounts and included in the 2013 Capital Budget (see attached).
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Approving Plans, Specifications, And Schedule Of Assessments For For the Mineral Point Road and Junction Road / S. Junction Road Assessment District - 2013 and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreements with the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Dane County for the Project.
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The City is proposing to improve Mineral Point Road (from Pleasant View Rd to the Beltline) and Junction Road/South Junction Road (from Isaac Dr to Valley View Rd). The intersections of Mineral Point Road and South Junction Road will be reconstructed with a modified Jug Handle grade separated intersection. Bicycle and pedestrian accommodations will be provided, including an overpass over Mineral Point Road and an underpass of the Jug Handle. The design accommodates present and future growth demands of the area as defined in the City’s neighborhood plans. The City of Madison will be the lead agency for the project, which also involves Dane County. The City applied for Federal Funding with the Surface Transportation Program - Urban and the project received approval for approximately 50% federal funding. The City also has applied for a federal earmark and in fiscal year of 2009 was awarded an earmark of $311,220.
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 2013-14. Phase 1 of the project has occurred in 2012.
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 recons...
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