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61. IGA WITH THE CITY OF PEORIA TO FACILITATE THE INSPECTION OF THE PEORIA AVENUE BRIDGE OVER NEW RIVER Approve the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between Maricopa County and the City of Peoria to facilitate the inspection of the Peoria Avenue Bridge over New River and to prepare a scope of work to determine what repairs are needed to improve the overall safety of the bridge structure. Project scoping is estimated to cost $50,000. Funds have been set aside in the Public Works (910) Transportation Capital Projects Fund (234) Bridge Preservation Project Number T325, Peoria: New Bridge Repairs. This project agreement is to facilitate the inspection of the Peoria Avenue Bridge over New River and to prepare a scope of work to determine what repairs are needed to improve the overall safety of the bridge structure. The City annexed the bridge in 2005 along with adjacent land and roads and expected to receive a bridge in a relative maintenance free condition. However, the bearing pads had already begun to fail, as noted in the latest Maricopa County Department of Transportation bridge inspection report dated February 23, 2007, causing the City and the County to agree to mutually analyze and evaluate the structural integrity of the pads and to identify what repairs, if any, are appropriate. This evaluation does not obligate either partner to any future work or costs. Maricopa County Department of Transportation will be the lead agency in the scoping and will pay all costs associated with the scoping. Both parties agree to consider a new intergovernmental agreement for the associated construction work upon completion of the inspection and scope of work. Supervisory District No. 4 (C-91-10-083-M-00)