Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. for Professional Engineering Design Services for the Arterial Capacity Improvements Project (ST1835) and Authorizing Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2B: Balance available resources to accommodate the growth and maintenance needs of the city)
MEETING DATE: March 19, 2019
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Nick Ataie, PE, Engineering CIP Manager
Aniswarie Kanamazina, PE, CIP Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $359,004, as well as all required supplemental agreements thereto, with Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. for professional consulting engineering services for the Arterial Capacity Improvements Project (ST1835), for a total aggregate contract amount, inclusive of any supplemental agreements, not to exceed $400,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The FY19 annual budget includes funding for various citywide intersections capacity improvements under Capital Improvement Project ST1835, Arterial Capacity Improvements Project.
• The following intersections are in need of capacity improvements based on current traffic volumes and future traffic projections:
o Eldorado Parkway and Alma Road
o McKinney Ranch Parkway and Lake Forest Drive
o Virginia Parkway and Stonebridge Drive
o Hardin Boulevard and White Avenue
• At Eldorado Parkway and Alma Road, dual left turn lanes will be added to eastbound, northbound and southbound approaches along with right turn lanes for the eastbound, westbound and northbound approaches.
• At Mckinney Ranch Parkway and Lake Forest Drive, dual left turn lanes will be added to the westbound approaches along with adding right turn lanes for the westbound and northbound approaches.
• At Virginia Parkway and Stonebridge Drive, dual left turn lanes will be added to the northbound and southbound approaches as well as adding a right turn lane to the northbound approaches.
• At Hardin Boulevard and White Avenue, a right turn lane will be added to the northbound approach.
• Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. submitted a response to RFQ 18-45 for On-Call Roadway Design Services. They were one of twelve firms shortlisted by City Council on October 2, 2018.
• Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. submitted a proposal for this project in the amount of $359,004.
• The preliminary opinion of probable construction cost is $2,199,814.
• The fee for basic services is $238,261 (10.83% of the engineer’s opinion of probable cost of construction) and the fee for special services is $120,743 (5.49% of the engineer’s opinion of probable cost of construction).
• Design of this project is anticipated to take approximately 8 months to complete with construction estimated to begin in January 2020.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes a design contract and any necessary supplemental agreements with Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $400,000.
• Funds are available in the Capital Improvements Program Project ST1835.
• With the approval of this item, $3,600,000 will remain in ST1835.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A