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,JAR 0 1992 BOOK ; b`��, � -7F'AUE P i As designed, of the 41 intersections in the Indian River County Closed Loop - Phase I System, all but 14 intersections are presently maintained by County Traffic Engineering staff with the remaining 14 being maintained by the City of Vero Beach. The County currently has two fully qualified technicians to maintain the System, but the City has no IMSA qualified technicians. Given these facts, it has been decided that the most logical approach would be for the County to assume maintenance responsibility of all 41 signals within the Closed Loop System. The attached proposed Agreement has been developed by County Traffic Engineering, the County Attorney's office, and several City of Vero Beach Departments to formally establish maintenance responsibility and a reimbursement schedule for the County's assumption of "MAINTENANCE ONLY" of the City's 14 intersections. The format of this Agreement has been found to be acceptable by all involved staff members of the City of Vero Beach, Indian River County and the Department of Transportation, and is scheduled for review and adoption by the Vero Beach City Council at their March 3, 1992 meeting. In order to remain on schedule, this Agreement is presented for review and adoption by the Board of County Commissioners at this time. There are two actions the Board of County Commissioners can take with regard to this proposed Maintenance Agreement. Alternative #1, acceptance •of -the Agreement and authorization for the Commission Chairperson to sign the Agreement, once executed by the City Authorities, would allow the Project to move ahead to the Construction phase. Alternative #2 would be to elect not to enter this Maintenace Agreement with the City of Vero Beach. The Florida Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration has indicated that this project would not be constructed if a "Single Local Maintaining Agency" were not established to ensure that the installed system continued to operate properly. A rejection of the County/City Agreement would result in a termination of the $1.9 million project. The projected cost is approximately $1.9 million dollars, of which the City and County will each pay only $33,000.00. The cost of this Agreement to Indian River County will essentially be "zero dollars" each year since all maintenance activities accomplished by County forces on the 14 City Signals in the "Closed Loop System" would be reimbursed by the City per the fees established in Schedule "A" of the Agreement. Bi -annual reviews of these rates is also set forth. Based upon the need to meet the ever increasing demands of traffic in the County and the need for a "Single Local Agency" to maintain the "Closed Loop System" once installed, staff recommends approval of the attached Agreement by the Board of County Commissioners and authorization for -the Commission Chairperson to sign this Agreement once executed by the City Council of Vero Beach. 34 � � r