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City Council Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:

05/28/2019

BACKGROUND

On April 23, 2019, the Schertz City Council approved Resolution 19-R-53 authorizing an interlocal agreement (ILA) with the City of Cibolo for the improvement of Wiederstein Road. On May 14, the Cibolo City council considered the ILA and added a condition that the City of Schertz be responsible for the maintenance of Wiederstein Road as part of their approval. While staff had anticipated that Schertz would be responsible for maintenance, Cibolo included it in the agreement. Although the majority of the road will be in Schertz, approximately one lane will be in the City fo Cibolo. As such, staff is seeking Council approval of the revised ILA. All other aspects of the ILA are the same.

The attached draft agreement obligates the City of Schertz to provide $1,300,000 towards the project. The City is required to provide a surety in this amount and will pay upon completion of the project. Cibolo will be responsible for constructing or causing to be constructed all the improvements. Construction plans must be approved by the City of Schertz and the project will be inspected by the City of Schertz. There is a deadline of 18 months for construction to occur. Cibolo will also be responsible for posting surety in the event they default on the agreement, this would allow the City of Schertz to use those funds to finish the project. As noted above, Schertz would be responsible for maintenance of the road once complete.

The City of Cibolo is also requesting that this section of Wiederstein Road (from Old Wiederstein Road to IH-35) be renamed Cibolo Valley Drive. Staff is supportive of this request to avoid confusion for drivers and provide the City of Cibolo with signage on IH-35 referencing their community’s name. Staff feels this gesture is appropriate given the cooperation and mutual support shown by both communities. The City of Schertz would still be allowed to name the extension of Wiederstein Road on the opposite side of IH-35 something else and Schertz could reserve the right to an honorary name of the segment being renamed (like FM 3009 is Roy Richard Drive). The City cannot approve the name change with this resolution, so staff is processing and ordinance to change the name as a separate item. Per the City’s name change policy, street name changes must be considered by the Planning and Zoning Commission before coming to City Council. Staff anticipates having the name change to Council in July. If council has a reluctance to change the name, they should not approve this resolution at this time, as this is an important issue for the City of Cibolo.

The agreement also obligates both communities to pledge $500,000 towards making improvements to the intersections of the north and southbound frontage roads. The goal is to get TxDOT to utilize these funds to make the improvements to the intersection and overpass. If agreement cannot be reached with TxDOT by the end of 2019, the Cities are no longer obligated to pledge these funds.

GOAL

To partner with the City of Cibolo to bring about the improvement of Wiederstein Road.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT

This will bring about the improvement of Wiederstein Road sooner than if the cities did not work together on the project.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED ACTION

Staff recommends approval of Resolution 19-R-64 authorizing the revised interlocal agreement with the City of Cibolo.

FISCAL IMPACT

Funding for this project of $1,300,000 and potentially and additional $500,000 for improvements to the intersection and overpass of IH-35 and Wiederstein Road are anticipated to come from CO bonds. Additionally, the City of Schertz will be rezponsible for maintenance of the road.

RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends Council approve Resolution 19-R-64

Attachments
Resolution
Revised ILA Wiederstein