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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT <br />ACCEPTING FUNDS FOR THE TRAFFIC <br />SIGNAL AT FAIRVIEW STREET AND <br />EDNA DRIVE (PROJECT NO. 126758) <br />NAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting funds from the Wintersburg Presbyterian Church in <br />the amount of $20,000 into the Select Street Construction Fund revenue account (No. 05917002- <br />57080) and appropriating the same into the Select Street Construction Fund expenditure account <br />(No. 05917660 - 66220) for the traffic signal installation at Fairview Street and Edna Drive. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The recommended action will help to complete the installation of the City's grant- funded traffic <br />signal and the developer's required public improvements as one project. Appropriating the funds <br />will not only help to reduce the City's capital costs, but will allow for efficiencies inherent in carrying <br />out one larger and coordinated effort. <br />As part of the initial phase of the Wintersburg Presbyterian Church Expansion project at 2000 <br />North Fairview Street, the developer is required to construct 250 linear feet of public sidewalk. The <br />resulting sidewalk would be eight feet wide as compared to the existing five feet. Separately, the <br />Fairview Street/Edna Drive Traffic Signal project is under construction by the City. To maximize <br />the efficiency of construction, the Wintersburg sidewalk improvements should be coordinated with <br />the City's signal project. <br />The funds received from the developer will <br />traffic signal project. The City has already <br />funds for the remaining cost of the traffic <br />October 2013. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />be used for construction of the sidewalk as part of the <br />received Highway Safety Improvement Program grant <br />signal. Construction is scheduled to be completed by <br />There is no environmental impact associated with this action. <br />20C -1 <br />