2013-022 RES APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF TXDOT TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR FESTIVAL OF PUMPKINS 2013-2017

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Agreement No. 2 District # 01 Code Chart 64 #31950 Project: Pumkin Feastival AGREEMENT Article 1. CONTRACT PERIOD This agreement becomes effective upon final execution by the State and the maximum duration of this agreement shall not exceed five years unless terminated or modified as hereinafter provided. Article 2. EVENT DESCRIPTION The City of Paris's annual Pumkin Festival is to be located on the square in Paris. The City of Paris is located in Lamar County Texas. The road closures will be from 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM along BU271 B, BU82H and SH19/24. These three one way multilane lane roadways include 2 or more lanes in each direction of travel. The detour routes also include 2 lane one way roadways and will be on City Streets. They are; 7th NW & SW, Graham, W. Kaufman, 1 st, 2nd, S. Church Streets. The Traffic Control includes detour signs and barricades to close the roadways. This event is scheduled to be over the fourth weekend(s) of October and begin on the following dates: 10/25/13, 10/24/14, 10/23/15, 10/21/16, 10/27/17. This annual event includes food and craft vendors, contests, children's activities and live music. The approximate attendance estimated at 10,000. There are no planned physical modifications planned along the State ROW. See attached location map identified as "Exhibit C. ") Article 3. OPERATIONS OF THE EVENT A. The local government shall assume all costs for the operations associated with the Event, to include but not limited to, plan development, materials, labor, public notification, providing protective barriers and barricades, protection of highway traffic and highway facilities, and all traffic control and temporary signing. B. The local government shall submit to the State for review and approval the construction plans, if construction or modifications to the State's right of way is required, the traffic control and signing plans, traffic enforcement plans, and all other plans deemed necessary by the State. The State may require that any traffic control plans of sufficient complexity be signed, sealed and dated by a registered professional engineer. The traffic control plan shall be in accordance with the latest edition of the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. All temporary traffic control devices used on state highway right of way must be included in the State's Compliant Work Zone Traffic Control Devices List. The State reserves the right to inspect the implementation of the traffic control plan and if it is found to be inadequate, the local government will bring the traffic control into compliance with the originally submitted plan, upon written notice from the State noting the required changes, prior to the event. The State may request changes to the traffic control plan in order to ensure public safety due to changing or unforeseen circumstances regarding the closure. C. The local government will ensure that the appropriate law enforcement agency has reviewed the traffic control for the closures and that the agency has deemed them to be adequate. If the law enforcement agency is unsure as to the adequacy of the traffic control, it will contact the State for consultation no less than 10 workdays prior to the closure. D. The local government will complete all revisions to the traffic control plan as requested by the State within the required timeframe or that the agreement will be terminated upon Traffic—Traffic—Closure Incorporated (TEA3013) Page 2 of 8 Rev. 05/02/2008