Subject:
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Interlocal Agreement with City of Melbourne for Wickham Road and Post Road Intersection Improvements - District 4
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Fiscal Impact:
The current planning estimate for the project is approximately $2.6 million for survey, design, and construction. If the Interlocal Agreement is approved, the City will share the project costs up to a maximum of 50% or $1.3 million, whichever is less. The County is seeking a grant through the Florida Department of Transportation County Incentive Grant Program. If the County is successful in obtaining the grant, 50% of the project cost will be grant funded, with the County and the City each contributing 25% of the project cost.
Dept/Office:
Public Works Department / County Attorney’s Office
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners approve an Interlocal Agreement providing for the City of Melbourne to contribute to the County’s construction of intersection improvements at Wickham Road and Post Road on a reimbursement basis.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Brevard County has determined that the construction of a turn lane and associated improvements at the intersection of North Wickham Road and Post Road (the “Project”) is necessary to improve traffic conditions at this intersection and along the North Wickham Road corridor.
In connection with a driveway permit application for a commercial shopping center project located within the City of Melbourne along North Wickham Road, the County has requested that the City contribute to the construction of this Project. The County will also seek grant funding through the Florida Department of Transportation’s County Incentive Grant Program (“CIGP”).
County and City staff and attorneys have negotiated a proposed Mobility Improvement Interlocal Agreement for Wickham Road and Post Road Intersection Improvements (the “Interlocal Agreement”). The Interlocal Agreement provides that the City will contribute to the construction of the Project on a reimbursement basis by disbursing City impact fee trust funds and mobility district trust funds for the Project.
The current planning estimate for the cost of survey, design, and construction of the Project is $2,663,119.30. The Interlocal Agreement provides that the City will reimburse the County for the costs of the Project up to a maximum of 50% of the Project costs or $1.3 million, whichever is less.
If the County receives CIGP funding for the Project, then the Project will be 50% grant funded, with the County and City sharing equally in the remaining costs (i.e., 25% or approximately $650,000 each).
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
Upon execution by the Chair, please provide a copy of the Clerk’s Memorandum and original executed Interlocal Agreement to the County Attorney’s Office, with a copy to the Public Works Department.