22 - Safety Grant Project TxDOT Proposal for Lamar Avenue Crossovers

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Item No. 22 RD =#�M � , MM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Grayson Path, City Manager SUBJECT: TXDOT Proposal — Safety Grant Project Lamar Avenue Crossovers DATE: December 14, 2020 BACKGROUND: TXDOT has available funding for Safety-related Capital Improvement Projects throughout the State. It is a competitive program and our local TXDOT Office has submitted several proposed projects for the TXDOT Review Team's consideration. With this said though, given these projects would take place in the City of Paris, our regional office would like our support before proceeding. Having met with City Staff, we agreed that it would be most appropriate that TXDOT propose these projects first to the Traffic Commission and then to the City Council. If both are approving, TXDOT will proceed with their grant application. If however the City Council, either by their own decision or by the recommendation of the Traffic Commission, decides against supporting these projects, TXDOT would consider pulling our application. The Traffic Commission met on December 1, 2020 to hear the proposed projects. After a presentation with questions and answers, they voted, unanimously, to recommend all of the proposed TXDOT Safety projects to the City Council. STATUS OF ISSUE: The City Manager, Interim Chief of Police, and Public Works Director met with Daniel Taylor, Ellen Perry, and Darius Samuels to discuss the attached proposals. Said proposals were presented to the Traffic Commission. The first project is a raised median from 33rd Street to 42"d Street on Lamar Avenue. A narrative prepared by TXDOT and conceptual drawing is attached. In short, a raised median in combination with improved U -Turn maneuvers at the intersections would be created to prevent congested left turns throughout Lamar Avenue.