Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with BGE, Inc. for Professional Engineering Design Services for the East Louisiana Street Infrastructure Improvements Project (CO1817) and 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: September 15, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Nick Ataie, PE, Engineering CIP Manager
Joshua Cotton, PE, Senior CIP Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes a contract with BGE, Inc. to provide consulting engineering services for the design of the East Louisiana Street Infrastructure Improvements Project (CO1817) for an amount not to exceed $550,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* The Capital Improvement Plan includes funding for comprehensive infrastructure improvement to East Louisiana Street between SH 5 / McDonald Street and Throckmorton Street.
* Improvements included in the project scope of work include a full reconstruction of East Louisiana Street consistent with the intent of the comprehensive plan and McKinney Town Center Study. Similar to improvements underway along Louisiana Street west of SH 5, design will provide improvements to underground utilities, storm drainage, street paving, pedestrian walkways/ADA accessibility, parking, landscape/hardscape, and other associated street elements. A new roundabout intersection will also be constructed providing a direct intersection of Louisiana Street and Greenville Road improving east-west mobility in the area.
* The Engineering Department previously submitted and was awarded federal funding through the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) for costs associated with the planned roadway improvements estimated at approximately $3.6 million.
* Due to the requirements and projec...
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