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Resolution of the Mayor and Council of Princeton Authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding between Princeton and Mercer County for Engineering Improvements to the Signalized Intersection of Elm Road (CR 604) and Rosedale Road (CR 604)
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WHEREAS, Princeton is in the process of designing pedestrian and bicycle facility improvements to Rosedale Road (County Route (CR) 604) between Lambert Drive and Elm Road (CR 604) under a Safe Routes to School federal grant; and
WHEREAS, the scope of the work for the Safe Routes to School project is to improve pedestrian facilities in the vicinity of Johnson Park Elementary School by widening the existing shared-use pathway on the north side of the road and constructing additional sidewalks on the south side of the road; and
WHEREAS, the existing signalized intersection at Elm Road / Rosedale Road, owned and operated by Mercer County, does not have pedestrian crosswalk facilities for the new sidewalk to be created by the Safe Routes to School grant project; and
WHEREAS, the new sidewalk improvements will terminate at a right-turn slip ramp that enables motorists traveling from Rosedale Road to Elm Road southbound to traverse it at higher speeds than a standard right-turn lane; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable to provide safe pedestrian crossings on all approaches to the intersection; and
WHEREAS, traffic signal improvements cannot be funded by the federal Safe Routes to School grant program; and
WHEREAS, Mercer County has agreed to construct intersection improvements and replace the traffic signal at the intersection of Elm Road (CR 604) and Rosedale Road (CR 604); and
WHEREAS, Mercer County has requested that Princeton provide the engineering design, specifications and engineer’s estimate, prepared by a New Jersey licensed engineer, at no cost to Mercer County; and
WHEREAS, Princeton Engineering Department solicited proposals for the aforementioned design services and has received a responsive proposal with an associated fee of less than $121,500; and
WHEREAS, the Infrastructure and Operations Committee and the Traffic Safety Committee have considered this matter and are in support of entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with Mercer County to collaborate on an intersection improvement project on CR 604.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Council of Princeton authorize the Municipal Clerk and the Mayor to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding setting out the rights and responsibilities of Princeton and Mercer County in the preparation of the engineering design, specifications and engineer’s estimate and construction of the improvements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Agreement shall be substantially in the form before Council; the Municipal Attorney shall have the authority to make minor revisions prior to its execution.