Title
Project Agreement with Maricopa Association of Governments to Accept and Disburse Regional Transportation Funds (Ordinance S-46149)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Project Agreement with the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) under the Arterial Life Cycle Program (ALCP). Further request an exemption from the indemnification prohibition set forth in the Phoenix City Code section 42-18 for a governmental entity pursuant to Phoenix City Code section 42-20 if funding is received. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
In November 2004, the voters of Maricopa County approved a transaction excise tax for implementing the Regional Transportation Plan. MAG is required by state law to adopt a program that provides for life cycle management for the funding and programming of the ALCP.
On Sept. 19, 2019, the Street Transportation Department submitted a Project Overview of a future arterial capacity improvement project on Happy Valley Road from 67th Avenue to 35th Avenue. The project scope involves completing full roadway improvements along Happy Valley Road from 35th Avenue to 67th Avenue consistent with the planned roadway classification a modified A/B arterial roadway with three lanes in each direction, medians, curb, gutter, sidewalk, bike lanes and streetlights where they do not exist today. Happy Valley Road is a regional east-west arterial street in our northern city limits that has largely been built out by development. This project will complete the ultimate roadway cross section for Happy Valley Road that had not previously been improved by development. Funds programmed through the ALCP are administered by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) through its Regional Arterial Road Fund (RARF). Execution of this Project Agreement to receive RARF funds disbursed by ADOT through MAG, will allow the City to request reimbursements through MAG for all project related costs.
MAG has programmed $500,000 in the Arterial Life Cycle Program Fiscal Year 2020 using RARF funding for an arterial scoping and environmental assessment in anticipation of a future arterial capacity improvement on this project. The City is a self-certified agency which allows the City to complete the required procedures for project development in a more efficient, cost-effective and timely manner.
Financial Impact
The MAG ALCP requires member agencies to participate in 30 percent or $214,200 of the total project cost to leverage 70 percent or $500,000 in regional and RARF funding for the Life Cycle Program. Funding for this project is available in the Street Transportation Capital Improvement Program.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Street Transportation Department.