Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Bertha Henry
Department: County Administration Division: Real Property
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO ADOPT Resolution authorizing a Locally Funded Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation (“FDOT”), where Broward County (“County”) will provide three million dollars ($3,000,000) to move forward for approximately one year with the design work and funding negotiations pertaining to the construction of a full interchange at the Sawgrass Expressway and Pat Salerno Drive, so that a final Locally Funded Agreement may be executed between County, City of Sunrise (“City”) and FDOT for the construction of a full interchange at the Sawgrass Expressway and Pat Salerno Drive; and authorizing the County Administrator to execute the Locally Funded Agreement on behalf of County. This Agreement will terminate on December 31, 2021.
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Why Action is Necessary
Board of County Commissioners’ approval is required to execute a Locally Funded Agreement with FDOT.
What Action Accomplishes
This Agreement between the County and FDOT will allow for the County to better understand the financial commitment the County and City (“Local Community”) will be asked to commit to in a final Locally Funded Agreement to allow for the design, acquisition of property for drainage, mitigation, conservation and right-of-way easements, and construction of a full interchange at the Sawgrass Expressway and Pat Salerno Drive.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
None
Summary Explanation/Background
In May 2020, FDOT proposed a Locally Funded Agreement, which the Local Community would be required to fund a portion of the overall costs that were based on early conceptual design and engineering plans and documents for a full interchange at the Sawgrass Expressway and Pat Salerno Drive. Due to where the conceptual design and costs were at that time, the FDOT realized the Local Community would not be able to agree to the May 2020 proposed Locally Funded Agreement because the conceptual design still had too many unknowns and therefore the cost estimate carried large contingencies until further design work could be completed. By entering into this Agreement with FDOT, it will give the County approximately one year to move the design work forward in order to obtain more accurate costs and to reduce the dollars carried in contingencies so a final Locally Funded Agreement may be executed. By the end of this Agreement’s term, this Agreement will either be superseded by a final Locally Funded Agreement between the Local Community and FDOT for the full funding for the design, acquisition of property for drainage, mitigation and right-of-way and construction of a full Sawgrass Expressway and Pat Salerno Drive interchange or, if a final Locally Funded Agreement cannot be reached and executed by December 31, 2021, then this Agreement will terminate and the Sawgrass Expressway and Pat Salerno Drive interchange will remain generally as it is currently planned.
The Locally Funded Agreement is currently in final negotiations and will be provided as additional material prior to Board consideration of this item.
Source of Additional Information
None.
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
$3 million from Broward County.