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34.

Meeting Date:	03/29/2016
HACHAR EXTENSION RESOLUTION AND LOCAL MATCH
Submitted for:	Martha Palacios	Submitted By:	Martha Palacios
Department:	Engineering

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to approve the Local Government to perform, or cause to be performed, the following local match fund participation requirement on the approved County Border Infrastructure (CBI) Project: Hachar Road Extension (Off-System) (CSJ: 0922-33-166) awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the amount of $300,000.00 which includes $120,000.00 for Schematic and $180,000.00 for Environmental Services of which 80% is reimbursable through federal funding; and approval to allocate funds for an initial payment by the Local Government in the amount of $15,000.00 (non-reimbursable) for engineering direct state oversight costs that must be paid up front to the Texas Department of Transportation; and authorizing the County Judge to execute all relevant documents. Total due to TxDOT at this time is $15,000.00.

Issue: The Hachar Road Extension project requires preliminary environmental and schematic services to be completed before plans, specifications, and estimates for construction can de developed. The Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration require an Advanced Funding Agreement to be executed and $15,000.00 of local funds to pay for TxDOT direct oversight costs.

Solution: Webb County to enter an Advanced Funding Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation in order to be reimbursed for 80% of the costs associated with the completion of schematic and environmental services of the Hachar Road Extension Project and allocate an initial amount of $15,000.00

Result: Federal and state funding requirements will be fulfilled in order to take care of schematic and environmental services costs associated with the Hachar Road Extension project and for the county to be reimbursed for 80% of the total project costs.

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Advance Funding Agreement