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ALDOT Resurfacing US 98.
Summary
DESCRIPTION OF TOPIC: (who, what, when, where, why, and how much)
Request approving ALDOT's project to plane, widen and resurface US 98 from CR 65 to east city limits of Elberta.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Please provide the amount requested: $0
Is this a budgeted item? No
Please provide the budgeted amount: $_____________ Account No. ___________________________
If budgeted, is this a capital purchase, capital project, or special fund? _________________________
Was this item included in the Fiscal Year Capital Projects Plan? No
If yes, please provide the amount included in Capital Projects Plan: $___________
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WHEREAS, the City of Foley, Alabama (hereinafter at times referred to as City) is desirous of having certain improvements made within the City Limits of Foley, in accordance with plans prepared by the Alabama Department of Transportation and designated as Project Number STPAA-0042(524), Planing, Widening and Resurfacing US 98 from CR 65 to East City Limits of Elberta in Baldwin County.
WHEREAS, the Alabama Department of Transportation is now or may later be desirous of receiving Federal Aid for improvement of said highway; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration, an agency of the United States of America, will not participate in any funding for the construction of said project until and unless the City of Foley will agree to certain requirements of the Federal Highway Administration. The City of Foley for the purpose of complying with requirements of the Federal Highway Administration in regard to its funding of improvements of the type and kind in this agreement provided for does hereby pass and adopt the following resolution. No parking will be allowed within the project limits.
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Foley that the plans of said project including alignment, profile, grades, typical sections and paving layouts as submitted to this City and which are now on file in the office of the City Clerk are hereby approved and that the location of said project as staked out by the Alabama Department of Transportation and as shown by said plans referred to are hereby approved and the Alabama Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is hereby authorized to proceed with the grading, draining, paving, and otherwise improving and construction of said project in accordance with said plans. The City by and through its Council hereby grants to the Alabama Department of Transportation the full use of and access to the dedicated widths of any existing streets for the construction of said project and hereby agrees to permit and allow the Alabama Department of Transportation to close and barricade the said project and intersecting streets for as long as necessary while the said project is being graded, drained, paved, and otherwise improved, and hereby agrees that the use of any street or highway for parking within an interchange area will not at any time be permitted. The City hereby further agrees to adopt or pass such legally effective ordinances and/or laws as will permanently barricade and/or relocate certain intersecting streets as required by the State and to permanently deny or limit access at certain locations as required by the State along said improvements, all of which are more specifically stated as follows: No parking will be allowed within the project limits.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City, that for and in consideration of the Alabama Department of Transportation in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, constructing said highway and routing traffic along the same through the City over said project, such City hereby agrees with the Alabama Department of Transportation and for the benefit of the Federal Highway Administration, that on the above mentioned project the City will not in the future permit encroachments upon the right of way; nor will it pass any ordinances or laws fixing a speed limit contrary to those limits provided for in Title 32, Chapter 5, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, and other laws of Alabama; nor with it permit other than parallel parking in areas where parking is permitted; nor will it allow the placing of any informational, regulatory, or warning signs, signals, median crossover, curb and pavement or other markings, and traffic signals without written approval of the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, of the location, form and character of such installations. The traffic control devices and signs installed during construction, and those installed after completion of this project shall be in accordance with the latest edition of the national Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and accepted standards adopted by the Alabama Department of Transportation of the State of Alabama and by the Federal Highway Administration. The City further agrees that subsequent traffic control devices deemed necessary by it in keeping with applicable statutes, rules and regulations to promote the safe and efficient utilization of the highway under the authority of Title 32, Chapter 5, Code of Alabama 1975, and all other applicable laws of Alabama, shall be subject to and must have the approval of the Alabama Department of Transportation of the State of Alabama and of the Federal Highway Administration, prior to installation and the City further agrees that it will enforce traffic and control the same under the provisions of Title 32, Chapter 5, Code of Alabama 1975, and other applicable laws of Alabama.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by this Council that the City agrees to perform all maintenance on crossroads, service drives, or relocated roads that are not designated Federal or State highways that are in the jurisdiction of the City. It is understood and agreed that no changes in this Resolution or Agreement shall in the future be made without having obtained the prior approval of the Federal Highway Administration.