RES 2013-16 Adopted RESOLUTION NO. 2013-16
AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENTAL
AGREEMENT NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT AND CONTRACT WITH THE SOUTH
CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE CITY'S
PARTICIPATION IN THE WALNUT LANE REALIGNMENT AND US 25 CORRIDOR
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT INCLUDING THE REALLOCATION OF $184,240 FROM
THE US 1/FIFTH STREET INTERCHANGE PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) and
the City of North Augusta (CITY) entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release related
to the US 1/Fifth Street Bridge Interchange Project and approved by the CITY on December
19, 2011 in Resolution 2011-23; and
WHEREAS, the Participation Agreement provided that a portion of the CITY
financial participation in the Project amounting to $184,240 would be retained by SCDOT
and reallocated used to benefit the Walnut Lane Realignment/US 25 Corridor Improvement
Project or another federally funded project; and
WHEREAS, the Participation Agreement provided that if the entire $184,240
was not necessary to fund the unused portion it would be used to benefit another federally
funded project; and
WHEREAS, SCDOT and the CITY entered into a Financial Participation
Agreement for the Walnut Lane Realignment/ US 25 Corridor Improvement Project on
January 6, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the Walnut Lane Realignment' US 25 Corridor Improvement
Project does not require additional funding from the $184,240 reallocated from the US
1/Fifth Street Bridge Interchange Project; and
WHEREAS, SCDOT, The Augusta Regional Transportation Study
Metropolitan Planning Organization and the CITY have authorized the development of a
regional Park and Ride Project at Exit 5 of I-20, and
WHEREAS, the CITY approved a Municipal State Highway Project
Agreement for the Park and Ride Project in Resolution 2013-04 on February 4, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the CITY has agreed to participate financially in the project by
matching federal funds for certain elements of the project, and;
WHEREAS, the required CITY matching funds estimated at $40,000 will be
provided by SCDOT from the $184,240 reallocated to the CITY from the US 1/Fifth Street
Bridge Interchange Project; and
WHEREAS, SCDOT has prepared a Supplemental Agreement to the
Financial Participation Agreement for the Walnut Lane Realignment/ US 25 Corridor
Improvement Project which provides for the transfer of a portion of the $184,240 to the Park
and Ride Project; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of
the City of North Augusta, South Carolina, in meeting duly assembled and by the authority
thereof that, the City Administrator is duly authorized to execute the Agreement between the
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South Carolina Department of Transportation and City of North Augusta Supplemental
Agreement No. 1.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in the event any CITY funding, in
addition to that provided by SCDOT, required for the North Augusta Park and Ride Project
shall be taken from the Transportation Improvement Fund.
DONE, RATIFIED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THIS
15 DAY OF Qpr; 1 , 2013.
Lark W. Jones, Mayor
ATTEST:
Donna B. Young, Cit Clerk