HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-072 Improvmt Agrmt - ODOTAuGust 1, 1994
Misc. Contracts & Agreement
No. 11855
COOPERATIVE IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT
PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION FINANCE
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between THE STATE
OF OREGON, acting by and through its Department of
Transportation, hereinafter referred to as "State"; and THE CITY
OF ASHLAND, acting by and through its Elected Officials,
hereinafter referred to as "City".
W I T N E S S E T H
RECITALS
1. By authority granted in ORS 366.770 and 366.775, State may
enter into cooperative agreements with the counties and cities
for the performance of work on certain types of improvements
projects with the allocation of costs on terms and conditions
mutually agreeable to the contracting parties.
2. For the purpose of providing acceptable traffic patterns on
public highways, State and City plan and propose to construct a
new traffic signal, with fire pre-emption, on the Rogue Valley
Highway at Walker Avenue, hereinafter referred to as "project".
The location of project is approximately as shown on the sketch
map attached hereto, marked Exhibit A, and by this reference
made a part hereof.
3. Design and construction of this project will be financed
with funds available to State.
4. By the authority granted in ORS 810.210, State is authorized
to determine the character or type of traffic control devices to
be used, and to place or erect them upon State highways at
places where State deems necessary for the safe and expeditious
control of traffic. No traffic control devices shall be erected
or maintained upon any State highway by any authority other than
the State, except with its written approval. Traffic signal
work on the project shall conform to the current state standards
and specifications.
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CITY OF ASHLAND
NOW, THEREFORE, the premises being in general as stated in the
foregoing RECITALS, it is agreed by and between the parties
hereto as follows:
STATE OBLIGATIONS
1. .State shall acquire all right-of-way, conduct the necessary
field surveys, environmental studies, traffic investigations,
foundation explorations, and hydraulic studies, identify and
obtain all required permits, perform all preliminary engineering
and design work required to produce final plans,
preliminary/final specifications and cost estimates, arrange for
necessary utility relocations, advertise for bid proposals, and
award contract.
2. State shall furnish all construction engineering, field
testing of materials, technical inspection, project manager
services for administration of the contract and "As Constructed"
redlined drawings for production of permanent mylar "As
Constructed" plans.
3. State shall lay out and paint the necessary lane lines and
erect the required directional and traffic control signing for
the project.
4. State shall, upon satisfactory signal turn-on and at its own
expense, perform all required signal maintenance and retain
complete jurisdiction and control of the timing established for
operation of the traffic signals.
CITY OBLIGATIONS
1. City hereby grants State the right to enter onto and occupy
City street right-of-way for the performance of construction and
necessary maintenance of the traffic signal equipment, including
vehicle detector loops.
2. City shall identify and provide State with any and all city
required permits for the project.
3. City shall maintain the pavement surrounding the vehicle
detector loops installed in City Street in such a manner as to
provide adequate protection for said detector loops, and shall
adequately maintain the pavement markings and signing on city
street installed in accordance with the plans and
specifications.
4. City, by execution of this agreement, does hereby give its
consent as required by ORS 373.030(2) to any and all changes of
grade within the city limits, if any there be, in connection with
or arising out of the project covered by this agreement.
5. City shall, upon completion of the project and at its own
expense, provide all power required for operation of the traffic
signal.
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CITY OF ASHLAND
6. City shall enter into and execute this agreement during a
duly authorized session of the City Council.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1o State and City agree and understand that a mutual review of
the traffic signal plans, specifications, and estimates will be
conducted prior to advertisement for construction bid proposals.
2. The Contractor, its subcontractors, if any, and all
employers working under this agreement are subject employers
under the Oregon Workers' Compensation Law and shall comply with
ORS 656.017, which requires them to provide workers'
compensation coverage for all their subject workers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and
affixed thier seals as of the day and year hereinafter written.
This project was approved by the Oregon Transportation
Commission on September 15, 1993 as part of the Six-Year
Transportation Improvement Program.
The Oregon Transportation Commission, by a duly adopted
delegation order, authorized the State Highway Engineer to sign
this agreement for and on behalf of the Commission.
A C MMENDED
:egl on/~ianage r
Traffic Engineer
Date
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL
Asst. Attorney General
Date
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL
SUFFICIENGSY
City Attorney
Date
STATE OF OREGON, by a~through
its D, epartmgnt of Transportation
~tate Highway Enginee~
CITY OF ASHLAND, by and through
its Elected Officials
/ ~City Admlnl~a~ .
'Recorde /
Date ~-/~- f~F(____/
THE CITY OF ASHLAND
Billing Address:
City of Ashland
20 East Main
Ashland, OR 97520
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ROdUE RIVER HIGHWAY @ WALKER
ROGUE VALLEY HIGHWAY
JACKSON COUNTY
KEY NO. 05632
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