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Home My WebLink AboutVII(G) Resolution No. 99-16, Relating To Commitment For SR50 Congestion Management Study Agenda 10-05-99 "CENTER OF GOOD LIVING-PRIDE OF WEST ORANGE" Item VII AYOR•L.OMMISSIONER S.SCOTT VANDERGRIFT Ocoee „y \o CITY OF O C O E E COMMISSIONERS c DANNY HOWELL 'i Q 150 N. LAKESHORE DRIVE SCOTT ANDERSON �� HNSON OCOEE, FLORIDA 34761-2258 RUSTY J D NANCYJ J. PARKER ARKE (407)656-2322 nI yj CITY MANAGER 4,9 Of G00�� ELLIS SHAPIRO STAFF REPORT DATE: September 30, 1999 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners FROM: Bradley E. Friel,AICP, Capital Projects/Transportation Planner SUBJECT: Resolution 99-16, Identifying A Commitment to Provide Funding For The SR 50 Congestion Management Study • ISSUE: Should the Mayor and City Commissioners approve Resolution 99-16, to agree in principal to share in the cost of the SR 50 Congestion Management Study with Orange County, the City of Winter Garden and the Town of Oakland? BACKGROUND: For several years, the City has been working with Orange County, the City of Winter Garden and the Town of Oakland to convey the importance of improving SR 50 to the Florida Department of Transportation (FOOT). Working through MetroPlan, the region's transportation planning agency, the cities and county were able to elevate the widening of SR 50 as the seventh highest roadway priority in the Orange, Seminole and Osceola County region. Although this roadway project ranks higher than dozens of other needed regional roadway projects, the well documented shortfall in available state and local funding means that this project will not be realized for six to ten years. Realizing the need to relieve SR 50 now, representatives from Ocoee, Orange County, Winter Garden and Oakland have been exploring other opportunities to extend the life of SR 50 as a four lane roadway. The most obvious way to do this is to improve the overall operation of the various signalized intersections and to control the median access along SR 50. This is typically called congestion management. FDOT allocates funding for congestion management separately from roadway widenings and therefore, congestion management projects must be prioritized"on a different list from roadway widenings. Fortunately, the cities and county were able to get congestion management improvements along SR 50 ranked as the highest priority in the three county region. Based on information provided by MetroPlan and FDOT, funding for up to $2.5 million in congestion management improvements along SR 50 should be available beginning in the 2001-2002 fiscal year. The.congestion management study, which is being proposed, will identify what improvements should be made once the funding is available. POW - Protect 0 woe's:YdaterResources l 6 1 The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners September 30,1999 Page 2 DISCUSSION: As you may recall, in the winter of 1997, Ocoee began their own congestion management study for the portion of SR 50 located within the City. This study was adopted by the Ocoee City Commission in the summer of 1998. Since .that time, City staff has used this plan to guide development throughout the corridor. City staff intends to,incorporate Ocoee's existing study into the proposed study thereby, preserving not only the work which was previously completed but also preserving the intent and actions of the City Commission. Additionally, the City will request a credit for the existing study to be applied to the total cost of the proposed study. Although the actual cost of the study will not be known until an actual scope of services is agreed upon, the cities and county have agreed that the combined share of Ocoee's, Winter Garden's and Oakland's contribution will not exceed $75,000. The "fair share" for each city will be calculated based on the linear distance of each community along SR 50. RECOMMENDATION: • Staff respectfully recommends that the Mayor and City Commissioners approve Resolution 99-16, agreeing in principal to share in the cost of the SR 50 Congestion Management Study with Orange County, the City of Winter Garden and the Town of Oakland. Attachment �►ow • Pijitact gcges' ;1Nater.0:04i'e4_ .' RESOLUTION NO. 99-16 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA; IDENTIFYING A COMMITMENT OF THE CITY OF OCOEE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A CONGESTION MANAGEMENT STUDY FOR SR50; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Ocoee has in place an Access Management and Intersection Operation Study for the SR50 Corridor through Ocoee, and WHEREAS, Metroplan Orlando (The regional MPO) has identified the section of SR50 from Kirkman Road to the Florida Turnpike west of Winter Garden as the seventh priority for future funding for the construction of two additional lanes; and WHEREAS, at the anticipated funding levels, it will be six to ten years before the FDOT will construct these additional lanes; and WHEREAS, Orange County and FDOT staff have identified the need to improve certain intersections with operational improvements on SR50 that will relieve congestion in the interim; and WHEREAS, the County is recommending the development of a Congestion Management Study for SR50 to identify these operational improvements; and WHEREAS, Orange County is requesting the affected municipalities to participate in a cost share for said study; and WHEREAS, Ocoee will furnish the appropriate information from the Access Management and Intersection Operation Study to be given credit against the total cost of the study. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA: SECTION I. To agree in principle to share in the cost of the SR50 Congestion Management Study for the operational improvements to SR50 with Orange County, the City of Winter Garden, and the Town of Oakland. Said cost sharing shall be based on the amount of linear feet of State Road 50 contained in each of the municipalities including any credit received by the City of Ocoee for the existing Access Management and Intersection Operation Study, however in no case shall the amount of the participation by all the municipalities exceed$75,000. 1 however in no case shall the amount of the participation by all the municipalities exceed$75,000. SECTION II. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its final adoption by Ocoee City Commission. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Ocoee, Florida, this 5`h day of October, 1999. APPROVED: ATTEST: CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA Jean Grafton, City Clerk S. Scott Vandergrift,Mayor (SEAL) FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY this day of October, 1999. FOLEY & LARDNER APPROVED by the OCOEE CITY COMMISSION at a meeting held on the date indicated above under By: Agenda Item Paul Rosenthal, City Attorney • 2