2-5-2024_Escambia_BOCC_Board_Minutes.pdf

These are minutes from the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners meeting held on February 8, 2024, detailing budget and finance consent agenda items. The document specifically addresses the Transportation Regional Incentive Program (TRIP) Application for the Quintette Road (County Road 184) and CR 95A Intersection project. The board authorized staff to submit a TRIP funds application to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), with the chairman empowered to execute related documents subject to legal review. The project involves realigning Quintette Road, which is currently offset by approximately 115 feet, to improve safety and traffic flow, including a new traffic signal and westbound right turn lane.

The funding plan for the project includes $1,275,000 in local match funds, with a total anticipated funding breakdown of local funds ($1,275,000), private funds ($250,000), and TRIP funding requested at $850,000. The funds will be sourced from Fund 353, LOST IV (Local Option Sales Tax) Admin Reserves and Transportation and Drainage accounts. Project notification of selected projects is scheduled for October 2024, with anticipated programming within FDOT's 5-Year Work Program when funding becomes available. The board also approved an agreement with C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. for the Woodrun Bridge Replacement Project in the amount of $1,750,633.20.