Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Landscape Maintenance Agreement for FM 546 (Industrial Boulevard)
Summary
MEETING DATE: February 7, 2012
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Emily Braht, Landscape Architect / Arborist
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a Landscape Maintenance Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) for maintaining the median landscape associated with the FM 546 (Industrial Boulevard) Project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• TxDOT is currently reconstructing FM 546 (Industrial Boulevard), which serves as the entrance to Collin County Regional Airport.
• The new roadway includes a raised center median which provides an opportunity for landscaping.
• TxDOT and the City are currently developing construction plans for the installation of landscape improvements through a program created by TxDOT to improve roadway aesthetics and to offset the effects of highways.
• This program, called the Green Ribbon Program, provides funding for the installation of landscape improvements along recently completed state roadway projects where a local jurisdiction agrees to maintain the landscape improvements.
• To participate in the Green Ribbon Program, the City must execute a Landscape Maintenance Agreement with TxDOT.
• The terms of the Landscape Maintenance Agreement are as follows:
o TxDOT will construct the these landscape improvements including trees, shrubs, turf plantings, irrigation systems, and other aesthetic elements.
o The City will provide the on-going maintenance of the landscape improvements.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• The FM 546 (Industrial Boulevard) annual landscaping maintenance costs for FY 2012-2013 will be approximately $3,000.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A