Item 06: Agreement with TxDOT to Operate, Maintain Traffic Signals

[COSM_Admin]

Consider approval of Resolution 2022-12R, authorizing an agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the City of San Marcos to assume operation and maintenance of existing traffic signals due to an increased population exceeding 50,000 as required by state law and an agreement for the installation and reimbursement to the City for the operation and maintenance of traffic signals in the minimum annual amount of $21,824.88; authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute the agreements on behalf of the City; and declaring an effective date.

 

[JHughson]

On the ARF it states:
Prior to the 2020 Census, the City received from the Texas Department of Transportation $161,424 per year to maintain
traffic signals on the state highway system.
How much does it cost to maintain these traffic signals annually? Was the $161,424 reimbursement for actual costs or an estimate and it really cost more?
How many traffic signals do we have that weren't TxDOT maintained? (I can recall when there were only 4 and I could name them all at that time.)

 

[COSM_Admin]

Response provided by Sabas Avila, Director of Public Works:

How much does it cost to maintain these traffic signals annually? Was the $161,424 reimbursement for actual costs or an estimate and it really cost more?
The traffic signal maintenance costs vary from year to year. However, $161,424 is an average actual cost. Last year, the City spent $172,754 in traffic signal maintenance.


How many traffic signals do we have that weren't TxDOT maintained? (I can recall when there were only 4 and I could name them all at that time.)
Of the 71 traffic signals maintained by the City, 18 traffic signals are City-owned traffic signals. When the City assumed ownership of Hopkins St. (between Guadalupe St and Wonder World Drive) and Old RM 12, the number of City traffic signals also increased. The 18 City owned traffic signals are:
1. Centerpoint and Outlet Mall Entrances
2. Comanche St and Student Center Dr
3. E McCarty Ln and Rattler Rd
4. Hopkins St and Bishop St
5. Hopkins St and Comanche St
6. Hopkins St and Moore St
7. McCarty and Amazon Driveway
8. McCarty and Leah
9. McCarty Ln and Barnes Dr
10. Old Ranch Road 12 and Hughson Dr
11. Old Ranch Rd 12 and Craddock Ave
12. Old Ranch Rd 12 and Holland St
13. Sessom Dr and Comanche St
14. Sessom Dr and LBJ Dr
15. Sessom Dr and Peques St
16. Thorpe Ln and Robbie Ln
17. Sessom Hawk Signal
18. Mill and Uhland