Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Teague, Nall, and Perkins, Inc. for Professional Engineering Design Services for Transportation Alternatives Program Safety Access to Schools and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: February 21, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Gary Graham, PE, PTOE CIP and Transportation Engineering Manager
Jason Horn, PE, Civil Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes a contract with Teague, Nall, and Perkins, Inc. to provide consulting engineering services for the design of Transportation Alternatives Program Safety Access to Schools for an amount not to exceed $62,800.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* On May 6th, 2014, the City Council approved to submit for the Safety and Access to Schools project application for the 2014 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Call for Projects through the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG).
* The project involved:
o Installation of in-street school crossing signs at designated school crossings on multi-lane street with an adult crossing guard to establish a better visibility for those crossings.
o Installation of driver feedback signage to promote compliance with the 20 mph school speed zone at selected locations.
o Installation of sidewalks at locations where gaps exist in existing school route paths.
* The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) informed the City of McKinney that it was successful in securing the maximum amount of federal TAP funds of $490,699 in which $62,800 was for design, $363,895 for construction, and $64,004 for direct state costs. As part of the grant, NCTCOG used Transportation Development Credits to cover the required 20% local match for the Federal fu...
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