DATE: August 27, 2015
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
David Parker, City Engineer/CIP Executive
Joe York, Director of Streets
Paul Holzen, Director of Engineering
Jonathan Marston, Staff Engineer 3
SUBJECT:
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Consideration of Resolution 2015-71, A Resolution Reallocating $20,925.00 in Unspent Funds from the Intersection of State Route 252 (Wilson Pike) and McEwen Drive Construction Project (COF Contract No. 2012-0145) to the Streets Department Stormwater Division FY2016 Annual Operations Budget (08/27/15 CIC 3-0)
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning Resolution 2015-71 to reallocate $20,925.00 in unspent funds from the Intersection of State Route 252 (Wilson Pike) and McEwen Drive construction project (COF Contract No. 2012-0145) to the Streets Department Stormwater Division FY2016 annual operations budget.
Background
As a part of the intersections improvements project (COF Contract No. 2012-0145) the City's contractor constructed a left-turn lane on Wilson Pike. This widening of Wilson Pike required grading and ditch work in front of several residences along Wilson Pike. Unfortunately, the construction ended during late November 2014, when it was difficult to restore the area to its original condition. Therefore, the contractor focused on simply stabilizing the area, which allowed the City to terminate its permit for this work with the state. The City assured the affect property owners that it or a landscaping contractor would return to restore the affected properties to their original state. After tabulation of final cost overruns and underruns for the intersection project, $200,469.88 in original contract funds remain unspent.
After a recent site visit by City Staff from both the Engineering and Streets Departments, it was determined that this minor ditch and landscape restoration...
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