Title
A Resolution approving the Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County, Colorado, for the administration, operation and maintenance of traffic signals owned by El Paso County
Presenter:
Gayle Sturdivant, PE, PMP, Acting Public Works Director/City Engineer
Todd Frisbie, PE, PTOE, City Traffic Engineer, Public Works Department
Body
Summary:
El Paso County (County) will compensate the City of Colorado Springs (City) to operate and perform routine maintenance on 55 County-owned traffic signals identified in an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA). Under the IGA, the City will perform annual inspections, respond to emergency calls, and make repairs in response to signal damage or operational issues. The County will also provide a one-time payment for an initial signal inspection, upgrades to controllers and communication equipment, and the transfer of compatible signal materials to the City.
Background:
As the urban areas of the city and the county have grown, it is difficult for citizens to know where the city ends, and the county begins. As county transportation corridors merged with the city transportation corridors, it is necessary to have one signalized urban corridor. This operation and maintenance IGA will benefit all citizens in the city and county. It allows City staff to address service calls, emergency calls, and traffic signal timing changes regardless of ownership of the roadways. It allows for consistent signal timing and operations of signals on corridors region wide. It also provides one point of contact for citizens to report signal issues.
Within the IGA, the City shall furnish and have available tools, equipment, apparatus, facilities, labor, services, and materials to perform work in a good and workman like manner and in compliance with the current Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Colorado Department of Transportation Standards, and the El Paso County Engineering Criteria Manua...
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