Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Execute a Contract with Halff Associates, Inc., for Engineering Design Services for the Alignment Study of Laud Howell Parkway, and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements
Summary
MEETING DATE: January 5, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Gary Graham, PE, PTOE, CIP and Transportation Engineering Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes a contract with Halff Associates, Inc. (Halff), to provide consulting engineering services for an alignment study of Laud Howell Parkway for an amount not to exceed $225,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* In 2009, the City Council approved an alignment for Laud Howell Parkway from US 75 to FM 1461/Lake Forest Drive.
* Over the past six years, the City has developed a sector plan for the northwest sector and property ownership along the approved alignment has changed.
* In an effort to provide the most appropriate location for this principal arterial with regard to development within the northwest sector as well as crossing the Honey Creek flood plain, a comprehensive review of alignment alternatives is needed.
* The alignment study will evaluate three possible alignments for Laud Howell Parkway from Trinity Falls Parkway to FM1461/Lake Forest Drive. The length of the roadway is approximately 3.5 miles.
* The alignment study will evaluate each of the proposed alignments using a decision matrix. This includes project costs, impacts to property owners along the corridor, environmental impacts, and maximizing the land use in the area.
* Laud Howell Parkway will require the crossing of Honey Creek. The Northwest Sector Study calls for a gateway structure to be developed at this crossing. The study will prepare multiple concepts for the gateway structure.
* Halff submitted a proposal for the alignment study of the new ...
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