DEPARTMENT: Public Works
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Razi Hosseini
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City wide
SUBJECT:
Local On-System Improvement Project Agreements (LOSAs)
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the City Manager or Director of Public Works to execute Local On-System Improvement Project Agreements (LOSAs) between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the City of San Antonio without further City Council action.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Texas Transportation Code requires municipalities of the state to enter into a Local On-System Agreement (LOSA) with TxDOT when construction and improvements made on roadways of the state highway system. The LOSA template agreement attached herein is consistent with such requirements and allows the City to enter, construct, and maintain City funded infrastructure improvement projects within TxDOT right-of-way.
The agreement describes the roles and responsibilities of the City and TxDOT. The referred projects are City projects wholly managed and funded by the City. Once complete, the City is responsible, at its sole cost, for the maintenance of the City constructed improvements. There is no exchange of funds between TxDOT and the City upon execution of the agreement.
ISSUE:
This ordinance authorizes the City Manager or Director of Public Works to execute Local On-System Improvement Project Agreements (LOSAs) between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the City of San Antonio without further City Council action.
The current LOSA approval process requires a plan review, initial agreement draft and approval by TxDOT prior to initiating the City Council approval process. The Council approval process requires on average a minimum of three months before council action can approve the agreement. To accelerate the start of construction and avoid delays of City projects, this ordinance authorizes the City Manager or Public Works Director to execute a standard LOSA with TxDOT without furt...
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