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NO.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN ADVANCED FUNDING
AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,393,447.00, OF WHICH CITY OF FORT WORTH
PARTICIPATION IS $3,642,407.00 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SAFE
ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BONNIE
BRAE, W. J. TURNER AND DIAMOND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAMPUSES
WHEREAS, federal law establishes federally funded programs for transportation
improvements to implement its public purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code, Section 201.103 establishes that the
State shall design, construct and operate a system of highways and roads in cooperation
with local governments, and Section 222.052 authorizes the Texas Department of
Transportation Commission to accept contributions from political subdivisions for
development and construction of public roads within political subdivisions; and
WHEREAS, a Master Agreement between the City of Fort Worth ("Local
Government") and the State of Texas acting through the Texas Department of Transportation
("State") has been adopted and states the general terms and conditions for transportation
projects developed through this Advance Funding Agreement (AFA); and
WHEREAS, on December 12, 2016, the North Central Texas Council of Governments
(NCTCOG) opened the 2017 Transportation Alternatives Set -Aside (TA Set -Aside) Program
- Call for Projects. The TA Set -Aside program provides funding for programs and projects
defined as transportation alternatives; and
WHEREAS, in February 2017, the City of Fort Worth prepared and submitted to the
NCTCOG a project proposal package for TA Set -Aside funding consideration including the
Bonnie Brae, W. J. Turner and Diamond Hill Elementary School campuses within Fort
Worth Independent School District; and
WHEREAS, on August 31, 2017, the Texas Transportation Commission passed
Minute Order Number 115005 authorizing Unified Transportation Program funding
categories and approved the project selection process that included the Transportation
Alternatives Set -Aside (TA Set -Aside) Program; and
WHEREAS, on August 30, 2018, the Texas Transportation Commission passed
Minute Order Number 115291 awarding funding for the Transportation Alternatives Set -
Aside (TA Set -Aside) Projects in the 2017 Transportation Alternatives Set -Aside (TA Set -
Aside) Program - Call for Projects; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth desires to enter into an Advance Funding
Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation in the amount of $5,393,447.00, of
which $1,529,155.00 is federal participation, $221,885.00 is State participation,
$382,289.00 is the required City participation and $3,260,118.00 is the Local Government's
additional contribution for construction of Safe Routes to School project improvements for
the Bonnie Brae, W. J. Turner and Diamond Hill Elementary School campuses.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, THAT:
The City Manager is authorized to execute an Advance Funding Agreement with the
Texas Department of Transportation in the total estimated amount of $5,393,447.00 with
City participation in the estimated amount of $3,642,407.00 for the purpose of construction
of Safe Routes to School project improvements for the Bonnie Brae, W. J. Turner and
Diamond Hill Elementary School campuses.
Adopted this ______day of _____2020.
ATTEST
Mary J. Kayser
City Secretary
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