#2 Approve jurisdictional transfer agreement to accept connecting hwy extension (Fiel Res. #2011-839)
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
October 10, 2011
TO: City Council
FROM: Carl J. Weber P.E., Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Action on a proposed Resolution authorizing a Jurisdictional Transfer
Agreement, between the City of Janesville and State of Wisconsin
regarding a connecting highway extension of WIS 26, City of
Janesville, Rock County. (File Res. 2011-839)
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2011-839 extending
the Connecting Highway Jurisdiction on Milton Avenue (STH 26) from Kettering
Street to McCormick Drive.
City Manager’s Recommendation
The City Manager concurs with the Director of Public Works’ recommendation.
Suggested Motion
I move to adopt Resolution No. 2011-839
Request
Staff requests that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a
jurisdictional transfer agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
transferring connecting highway responsibility for Highway 26 from the current limit
at Kettering Street northerly to McCormick Drive.
Background
Over the past several years, City staff, in the process of working w/ DOT staff to
plan the improvements of STH 26 from Janesville to Watertown, discussed
accepting routine maintenance on STH 26 (Milton Ave) from Kettering Rd to
McCormick Drive. This was done in return for certain considerations most
prominent of which was to have the State develop an at grade traffic controlled
intersection at McCormick Drive.
Under Wisconsin’s Connecting Highway Program, local municipalities assume
responsibility for general maintenance of portions of State Highways including
activities such as snow and ice control, patching, joint sealing, street lighting, sign
and marking maintenance and traffic signal operation. The DOT provides funds to
assist in associated costs. The City of Janesville currently maintains 10 miles of
connecting highways within the City. The proposed transfer would add an
additional 1 mile to that responsibility. The City expects to receive approximately
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$300,000 in connecting highway payments in 2012. The added mile would
generate an additional $36,000 annually beginning in 2013.
Analysis
City staff has worked closely with the DOT over several years on the planning of
the Highway 26 expressway improvements. Significant attention was paid to the
development plans for the area near the intersection of the highway and
McCormick Drive. Staff determined that the area would be best served with an at
grade intersection controlled by traffic signals. The DOT is willing to develop the
project plans to accommodate the City’s wishes provided the City accepts the
responsibility of maintenance of the intersection through the connecting highway
program. As the City has had several years of experience working under the
connecting highway program on Highways 26, 14 and 51, staff believes the
additional responsibilities can be absorbed with existing staff and equipment.
cc: Eric Levitt, City Manager
Jacob J. Winzenz, Assistant City Manager/Dir. of Administrative Services
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21 September 2011
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CITY OF JANESVILLE
RESOLUTION NO. 2011-839
A Resolution authorizing the Jurisdictional Transfer Agreement between the City
of Janesville and State of Wisconsin connecting highway extension of WIS 26,
City of Janesville, Rock County.
WHEREAS
, the functional/jurisdictional relationships of present State and Local
Highway Systems have been cooperatively reviewed by the City of Janesville and the
State; and
WHEREAS
, the State and the City of Janesville have cooperated in developing this
jurisdictional change; and
WHEREAS
, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, under s. 84.02(3), may enter
into jurisdictional transfer agreements with local units of government, thereby facilitating
such alterations in the jurisdictional highway system; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council find that the proposed Jurisdictional Transfer
Agreement in the best interest and of benefit to the community, the City, its taxpayers,
travelers, and property owners
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
, that the Common Council of the City of
Janesville hereby approve the following segments of highway added to the City
connecting limits mileage:
1) Milton Avenue (WIS 26), beginning at the intersection with Kettering Street and
extending easterly to 0.2 of a mile east of the McCormick Drive intersection. This
section of roadway is 1.09 miles in length.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED
, that the City of Janesville Common
Council authorize the City Manager to execute the Jurisdictional Transfer Agreement
with the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
The State will:
1. Provide a set of as-built plans to the City.
2. Retain all roadway right-of-way along existing WIS 26.
3. Retain all access and permitting control along existing WIS 26.
4. Pay all design/construction costs associated with State Project ID 1390-04-86 for
improvements of this corridor, except those costs approved by the City in a
Municipal project agreement signed by the Assistant City Manager signed on
11/10/2010.
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CITY OF JANESVILLE
RESOLUTION NO. 2011-839
5. Correct any significant pavement defects within the section as part of the State
Project ID 1390-04-86. City and State staff shall cooperatively inspect the
roadway and agree on which repairs, if any, are needed.
The City shall:
1. Accept connecting highway and maintenance responsibility for the new
connecting highway limits as described above. General maintenance activities
include the application of protective coatings, the removal and control of snow,
the removal, treatment and sanding of ice, interim repair of highway surfaces and
adjacent structures, and all other operations, activities and processes required on
a continuing basis for the preservation of the highway. Maintenance activities
also include the installation, replacement, rehabilitation, or maintenance of
highway signs, traffic signal controls, highway lighting, pavement markings, and
intelligent transportation systems as determined by the City.
ADOPTED:
MOTION BY:
APPROVED:
SECOND BY:
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
Eric Levitt, City Manager
BRUNNER
DONGARRA-ADAMS
ATTEST:
LIEBERT
Jean Ann Wulf, City Clerk-Treasurer
McDONALD
RASHKIN
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
STEEBER
City Attorney, Wald Klimczyk
VOSKUIL
Proposed by: PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
Prepared by: PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR