Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Garver, LLC for Professional Engineering Design Services for the Arterial Capacity Improvements Project (ST1618) and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: June 20, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Gary Graham, PE, CIP & Transportation Engineering Manager
Joshua Cotton, PE, Senior CIP Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes a contract with Garver, LLC to provide consulting engineering services for the design of the Arterial Capacity Improvements Project (ST1618) for an amount not to exceed $300,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The intersections of US 380 and Hardin Boulevard, Westridge Boulevard and Custer Road, and Virginia Parkway and Ridge Road are in need of capacity improvements.
• At US 380 and Hardin Boulevard, right turn lanes will be added to all approaches along with dual northbound and southbound left turn lanes.
• At Westridge Boulevard and Custer Road, an eastbound right turn lane will be added.
• At Virginia Parkway and Ridge Road, an additional northbound left turn lane will be added while extending the existing left turn lane along with adding an eastbound right turn lane.
• These improvements will also necessitate improvements to and modification of the existing traffic signals at the three intersections.
• Garver, LLC submitted a response to RFQ 15-38 for Roadway Design. They were one of ten firms shortlisted by City Council on October 20, 2015.
• Garver, LLC submitted a proposal for this project in the amount of $269,215.
• The preliminary opinion of probable construction cost is $2,105,500.
• The fee for basic services is $188,841 (9.0% of the construction cost) and the fee for special services is $80,374 (3.8% of the construction cost).
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes a design contract and any necessary supplemental agreements with Garver, LLC for an amount not to exceed $300,000.
• With the approval of this item, $1,700,000 will remain in project ST1618.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A