The JeffTran bus barn and bus wash will receive new overhead doors and door operators after a contract to replace them was approved Monday by the Jefferson City Council.
The council approved a $50,250 contract with Overhead Door of Central Missouri to replace 10 bus barn doors and two bus wash doors.
The current doors and operators are past their expected lifespans, break down frequently and are expensive to maintain, according to the bill.
The door replacement is the second of seven projects to be done as part of a federal grant of about $409,000, according to the bill. Eighty percent of the project will come from the grant funds, with a required 20 percent local match of $10,050 from the transit fund.
Mark Mehmert, transit division director, previously told the News Tribune the grant funds could also be used for other improvements to the bus barn, a new software system for Handi-Wheels and possibly a new transit facility.
In other action Monday, the council approved a bill to authorize a governor’s transportation cost-share agreement with the Missouri Department of Transportation.
In December, Gov. Mike Parson announced 20 transportation projects across the state would receive $50 million under his transportation cost-share program, including $1.91 million for Jefferson City projects.
The funding would be used for three planned roundabouts along the Clark Avenue corridor at Dunklin Street and on either side of U.S. 50/63 at Elm and Miller streets.
The roundabout at Clark Avenue and Dunklin Street is a city project, while the two coming off the highway are MoDOT projects. Conceptual designs for the three roundabouts, showing a unique oval shape, were released in January.
The bill would allow council to approve an equal match to the $1.91 million from the infrastructure improvements allotment within Sales Tax G, including $1,103,908 pledged by the county through the cooperative projects account.
In other business Monday, the council approved an amendment to the design contract with Bartlett and West for the design of the roundabouts at Clark Avenue and Dunklin Street to include the designs for the other two roundabouts as well.
Matt Morasch, director of the Jefferson City Department of Public Works, said they hope to begin construction on the roundabouts in the summer of 2021.
In other business, the council accepted a historic preservation fund grant award for $39,000 and executed an agreement with engineering company Walter P. Moore, out of Kansas City, for a structural study of selected buildings in the Missouri state Capitol and Munichberg commercial district.
The grant funding comes to the city from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The city will fund a cash match and in-kind services.
The contract for the work is $72,000. Walter P. Moore will investigate and determine the natural structural status of the unreinforced masonry buildings in the two districts. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The list of buildings to be visually evaluated includes 100 structures on West High, Jefferson, East High, Monroe, Madison and East Dunklin streets, and East Capitol Avenue.
“This project is really important at this time because it is to identify and assess unreinforced masonry structures inside of the downtown area and commercial areas,” said Sonny Sanders, director of the Jefferson City Department of Planning and Protective Services.