Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Execute a Contract with Halff Associates, Inc. (Halff), for Professional Engineering Design Services for Laud Howell Parkway from the US 75 Southbound Frontage Road to FM 1461 / Lake Forest Drive and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: July 19, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Gary Graham, PE, PTOE CIP and Transportation Engineering Manager
Nick Ataie, PE, CIP Project Manager
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes a contract with Halff Associates, Inc. (Halff), to provide consulting engineering services for the design of Laud Howell Parkway from the US 75 Southbound Frontage Road to FM 1461 / Lake Forest Drive for an amount not to exceed $2,600,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* Laud Howell Parkway is a planned major east-west principal arterial which will increase mobility and drive economic growth in McKinney's Northwest Sector.
* Halff recently completed a comprehensive alignment study for Laud Howell Parkway from Trinity Falls Parkway to FM 1461 / Lake Forest Drive and Council approved a resolution on May 3, 2016 adopting a proposed roadway alignment.
* Design will include a 6-lane divided roadway from its current terminus at Trinity Falls Parkway to the proposed Honey Creek Bridge and 4-lanes from west of the Honey Creek Bridge to FM 1461 / Lake Forest Drive.
* Design will also include widening of the existing Laud Howell Parkway to accommodate lanes 5 & 6 from the US 75 Southbound Frontage Road to its current terminus at Trinity Falls Parkway.
* Halff submitted a response to RFQ 15-38 for Major Roadway Design. They were one of ten firms shortlisted by City Council on October 20, 2015.
* Halff submitted a proposal for this project in the amount of $2,370,055.00. Their scope includes the following...
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