File #: O-369-20    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 8/14/2020 In control: Public Service Department
On agenda: 9/22/2020 Final action: 9/22/2020
Title: Authorizing the mayor to enter into cooperative grant agreements with and to accept financial assistance from the State of Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for multiple traffic signal upgrade projects; authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation and expenditure of grant proceeds in the Capital Improvement Fund in an amount not to exceed $340,000; authorizing the mayor to execute all necessary documentation for the grants; authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts related to the construction; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Bullet Points, 2. Audio: Agenda Review 9/1/2020, 3. Audio: City Council 9/8/2020
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DPS ODOT GRANTS Signal Upgrade $340,000
Division of Transportation
John Cromly (x2290), Paul M. Rasmusson (450-7655)
(Revised)

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Authorizing the mayor to enter into cooperative grant agreements with and to accept financial assistance from the State of Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for multiple traffic signal upgrade projects; authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation and expenditure of grant proceeds in the Capital Improvement Fund in an amount not to exceed $340,000; authorizing the mayor to execute all necessary documentation for the grants; authorizing the mayor to accept bids and award contracts related to the construction; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Division of Transportation has been working closely with ODOT to secure grant funding for multiple projects that is 100% federal funding with no match. All amounts are grant dollars and are assigned to specific projects as follows:

A maximum of $160,000 has been allocated by ODOT through the Safety funding for a traffic signal upgrade at the intersection of 11th, Indiana & Washington.

A maximum of $180,000 has been allocated by ODOT through the Safety funding for a traffic signal upgrade at the intersection of Bancroft, Indian & Secor.

Passage of this ordinance is required to enable the City of Toledo to accept outside funding for these projects.

The fiscal impact of this Ordinance is as follows:
- The amount of funds requested: $340,000
- The expenditure budget line item: 540G-22500-8GA7157STDSTD, 540G-22500- 8GA7158STDSTD
- New revenue generated (operational revenue, grants, if any): $340,000
- Revenue budget line item (if any): 540G-22500-8GA7157STDSTD, 540G-22500- 8GA7158STDSTD
- Are funds budgeted in the current fiscal year (yes/no)?: no
- Is this a capital project (yes/no)? no
- If yes, is it new or existing (new/existing)? N/A
- What section of the city's Strategic Plan does this support:
o Excellence in Basic Services (yes/no) ...

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