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RESOLUTION NO. 83-100
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA EXPRESSING ITS
WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION WITH CER`T'AIN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS
AT U. S. HIGHWAY #1 AND 17TH STREET.
WHEREAS, the Florida Department of Transportation has
�a completed engineering drawings and has twice previously advertised
for bids to construct paving and drainage intersection improve -
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ments at U. S. Highway #1/State Road 5 and 17th Street/State Road
656, Vero Beach, Indian River County, Work Program Item No.
415349, State Project No. 88003-3502; and
WHEREAS, all bids submitted previously exceeded the
Florid. D.O.T.'s engineering estimate and were therefore rejected;
and
WHEREAS, the Florida D.O.T. will once again advertise
for bids on this project in January, 1984; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners and the
County's Transportation Planning Committee has determined that
Project No. 88003-3502 is of vital importance to this area for the
following reasons:
1. The construction of distinct right, left, and
through lanes for the west approach of 17th Street at U. S.
Highway #1 will increase the traffic -handing capacity of the
aforementioned approach and will bring it up to the design stan-
dards of the north, south, and east approaches.
2. Physical separation of opposing traffic flows via
construction of channelizing islands on the subject approach will
increase traffic safety. Specifically, head-on and sideswipe
collision patterns will be reduced.
3. This remaining segment of work is necessary to
ensure that full benefit can be derived from the recent improve-
ments east of U. S. Highway #1 along the 17th Street Causeway
(including the Bridge and AlA improvements).
4. In concert with the already completed work, the DOT,
upon request by the City and County in 1976, constructed facili-
ties with additional drainage capacity to accommodate this project
and 17th Street west to Dixie Highway. A Joint Project. Agreement
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dated May 13, 1977 was executed for this drainage work.
5. The preliminary final draft of the City/County
± Master Drainage Plan, as completed recently by Reynolds, Smith,
® and Hills, requires that a forty-eight (48) inch drainage pipe be
installed to serve this and adjacent drainage areas. Construction
of the proposed DOT project will allow a proportionate reduction
in the necessary size of this drainage outfall, thereby decreasing
the implementation costs of the Master Drainage Plan for this
area.
6. Increased pedestrian safety and conven'_ence will be
derived since handicapped and bicycle ramps will be constructed
and sidewalks will be extended to the west away from the inter-
section.
7. The Project will shorten existing time delays for
the traffic turning southbound from the west of U. S. Highway #1.
8. The Project will provide a convenient connection to
17th Street improvements now under construction further west at a
cost of $2.5 million; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian
River County supports construction of this project and desires to
express its intent to assist in the funding of these improvements,
if• necessary, as an alternative to the Project's not being built
at all as a result of an unsuccessful bid process.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
1) The foregoing recitals are acknowledged and ratified
in their entirety.
2) The County hereby encourages the Florida D.O.T. to
continue with bid advertisements for Project #88003-3502, and in
the event all bids exceed the Project budget, the County expresses
its willingness to negotiate with the Department of Transportation
with respect to any additional appropriations, above and beyond
the D.O.T. Project budget, which might be necessary to pay for the
Project as awarded.
The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner
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Lyons who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by
Commissioner Bowman and, upon being put to a vote, the vote was as
follows:
Chairman Richard N. Bird - Absent
® Vice -Chairman Don C. Scurlock, Jr. - Aye
Commissioner Margaret C. Bowman - Aye
Commissioner Patrick B. Lyons - Aye
Commissioner William C. Wodtke, Jr. - Absent
The Chairman thereupon declared the resolution duly
passed and adopted this 5th day of October, 1983.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By �... C
DON C. SCURLOCK, JR.
Vice Chairman
Attest-i
FREDA WRIGHT, C1 k
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEG UFF IENCY
By
CHRISTOP R J. AULL
Assistant County Attorney
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