Impact
WARD: Ward 3 & 4
COMMITTEE: Public Works
$ IMPACT: SPLOST Project
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Approve the Cobb Framework Agreement for the Windy Hill Road Boulevard Project between the City of Smyrna and Cobb County to be funded by SPLOST and authorize the Mayor to execute any related documents.
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ISSUE: The agreement between Cobb County and the City of Smyrna Framework Agreement for the Windy Hill Boulevard Project was on the Board of Commissioners Meeting agenda on June 13, 2017 and passed. The City of Smyrna voted and passed the Windy Hill Boulevard Project Framework agreement with Cobb County on May 4, 2015. There were some minor changes discussed and made to this agreement since the vote on May 4, 2015, so this agreement is coming back before the council for approval.
BACKGROUND: The Windy Hill Boulevard Project was voted on through referendum through the transportation facility identified in the County's 2016 One Percent Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) Transportation Improvements Program ("TIP"). The County and the City together have paid previously from their respective shares of the County's 2011 SPLOST TIP funds the costs, fees, expenses and/or other charges related or attributable to the preliminary engineering and design work and the preparation of plans required to undertake or construct each phase or component of the Project including the design work occasioned by unexpected or contingent circumstances which, in the opinion of the City's engineering consultant and the parties hereto, dictate a change in the Project scope (PE Activities)
The County and the City are willing to contribute certain monies from their respective shares of the 2016 SPLOST TIP funds for Project costs including but not limited to right of way acquisition, utility relocation, and/or construction activities required by the approved Project plans.
RECOMMENDATION/REQUESTED ACTION: The Cobb Framework Agreement for the Windy Hill Road Boulevard Project between the Cit...
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