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 Country Lane Extension Project (ST4372) and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: November 7, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Nick Ataie, P.E., CIP Manager
Blake Sills, P.E., CIP Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes a contract with Garver, LLC to provide consulting professional engineering services for the design of the Country Lane Extension Project (ST4372) for an amount not to exceed $180,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• Upon completion of the ongoing TxDOT FM 546 construction project, a connection is proposed from the Country Lane and FM 546 intersection to the existing concrete pavement on Country Lane.
• The project will construct two northbound through lanes, two southbound through lanes, and southbound right and left turn lanes at FM 546.
• The design will also include improvements to the intersections of Country Lane and existing FM 546, and Airport Road and Industrial Boulevard. A southbound right turn lane will be included in the design of Airport Road and Industrial Boulevard.
• 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 $162,770.00.
• The preliminary opinion of probable construction cost is $1,063,540.
• The fee for basic services is $84,908.00 (8.0% of the construction cost) and the fee for special services is $77,862.00 (7.3% of the construction cost).
• Design of this project is anticipated to take six (6) months.
• Construction is anticipated to take six (6) months to complete. Construction is anticipated to begin as soon as June 2018 and to be completed by December 2018.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• This Resolution authorizes a design contract and any necessary supplemental agreements with Garver, LLC, for an amount not to exceed $180,000.
• With the approval of this item, $1,320,000 will remain in project ST4372.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A