Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Halff Associates, Inc. for Professional Engineering Design Services for the Wilmeth Road Extension Project from SH 5 to McIntyre Road and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
(1A: Establish regional and infrastructure incentives to increase economic growth)
MEETING DATE: February 6, 2024
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Katie McCarty, PE, Engineering CIP Manager
Aniswarie Kanamazina, PE, CIP Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes a contract with Halff Associates, Inc. to provide professional engineering services for the design of the extension of Wilmeth Road from SH 5 to McIntyre Road (CIP Project ST2228) for an amount not to exceed $1,050,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* The Master Thoroughfare Plan (MTP) designates a future extension of Wilmeth Road east of State Highway 5 as a Major Arterial (M6D designation).
* The FY24 Capital Improvement Program (Project ST2228) includes funding for the design and construction of Wilmeth Road from State Highway 5 to its intersection with McIntyre Road as follows:
o Construction of a 4-lane divided arterial (4/6 lanes) immediately east of State Highway 5 including improvements at the intersection with State Highway 5;
o Construction of 2-lane arterial (2/6 lanes) from approximately 700 feet east of State Highway 5 to McIntyre Road.
* An existing agreement between the City, Becknell, and Sloan Creek, LTD included an escrow to the city of $2.2 million for payment associated with the design and construction of roadway improvements for approximately 2,145 linear feet of two 'southern' lanes of Wilmeth Road.
* Additional funding has been included in the Capital Improvement Program associated with improvements to Wilmeth Road not identified as an obligation of Bec...
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