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File #: 24-2228    Name: Lower 5 Plaza Grant Agreement
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 12/3/2024 Final action: 12/3/2024
Title: Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Grant Agreement under the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) Grant Program and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements with the United States and Texas Departments of Transportation (USDOT and TxDOT) for the design and construction of the Lower 5 Plaza Project
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. Project Map
Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Grant Agreement under the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) Grant Program and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements with the United States and Texas Departments of Transportation (USDOT and TxDOT) for the design and construction of the Lower 5 Plaza Project

Summary

COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2B: Balance available resources to accommodate the growth and maintenance needs of the city)

MEETING DATE: December 3, 2024

DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering

CONTACT: Brook Retta, PE, CIP Engineer
Blake Sills, PE, Engineering CIP Manager

RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of Resolution.

ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a Grant Agreement under the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) Grant Program Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements with USDOT and TxDOT for the design and construction of the Lower 5 Plaza Project (CIP Projects ST2234 and PK2234).

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* TxDOT's design for SH 5 roadway improvements from McMakin Street to Power House Street is underway referenced as CSJ 0047-05-054. The planned improvements to SH 5 include a complete reconstruction as a 4-lane divided roadway. Construction of the planned improvements is estimated to begin in 2028 following City of McKinney water/wastewater and Franchise Utilities' relocations and TxDOT acquisition of necessary right-of-way.
* The FY24 Capital Improvement Plan budget included funding under CIP Projects ST2234 and PK2234 for the preliminary bridge layout, drainage design, park layout, grading, and conceptual park layout related to Lower 5 Plaza located at SH 5 between Virginia Street and Louisiana Street.
* The City is currently under contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. who is providing professional consulting engineering services for Lower 5 Plaza related to the development of pedest...

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