Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for Professional Engineering Design Services to Update the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Master Plan of the City of McKinney
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
MEETING DATE: July 31, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Gary Graham, P.E., P.T.O.E., Director of Engineering
Robyn Root, P.E., P.T.O.E., Traffic Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of the Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to enter into a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA) for design services to update the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Master Plan and all related documents.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• In 2007, the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Master Plan was initiated with a focus on developing recommendations for deployment of ITS strategies to improve traffic management.
• The ITS Master Plan encompassed deployment of communication devices, closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, a new traffic signal central system software, interconnection to traffic signal controllers through fiber optic cable and wireless devices, and activation of the Traffic Management Center (TMC).
• As the City of McKinney has continued to grow, maintaining an acceptable level of service has been challenging to the City’s existing technology. An update to the ITS Master Plan is necessary to insure the City of McKinney goals are continued to be met in the future.
• City Engineering Staff has coordinated with the City Information Technology (IT) Staff to include a City-wide Advance Transportation Management System (ATMS) Communications Master Plan with this update by reviewing the existing communications infrastructure and routing. This plan will evaluate available options which will identify the necessary next steps to improve and extend communication not only to the traffic signal network but to new City facilities as the City of McKinney grows.
• This ITS Master Plan will identify the ATMS that best meets or even exceeds the current and planned needs of the City of McKinney, and will develop a deployment plan of those devices. The ATMS will consist of updates to the traffic signal central system software, the traffic signal controller software and firmware, and any advanced communication devices used in the field for traffic management.
• Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA) has submitted a proposal to update the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Master Plan in the amount of $262,930.
• KHA had submitted a response to the request for qualifications (RFQ 14-31) for Professional Engineering Services for Traffic Engineering. KHA was one of two firms selected by City Council on August 4, 2014 for Intelligent Transportation System Design.
• After the ITS Master Plan is developed, deployment will begin of some ITS devices used in the field for traffic management communications as budget allows.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• This Resolution will authorize a design contract and any necessary supplemental agreements with KHA for an amount not to exceed $300,000.
• Funding for this Project is available in Capital Improvements Project TR9127.
• With approval of this Resolution, $158,573 will remain in Capital Improvements Project TR9127 for deployment.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A