Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. for Engineering Services for the FM 1461 Utility Relocations Project 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: December 7, 2021
DEPARTMENT: Development Services/Engineering
CONTACT: Nick Ataie, PE, CIP Manager
Paul Tucker, PE, Senior Utility Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $329,525, as well as all required supplemental agreements thereto, with Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. to provide professional engineering services for the FM 1461 Utility Relocations Project - Phase 1 (CIP Project WA1852), for a total aggregate contract amount, inclusive of any supplemental agreements, not to exceed $365,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is in the process of design and right-of-way acquisition for the upcoming reconstruction and widening of FM 1461 from SH 289 in the City of Prosper to County Road 123 (Bloomdale Road) in the City of McKinney as a 4-lane divided roadway. TxDOT anticipates having the project ready to bid as soon as June 2023 contingent on project funding, land acquisitions, and utility relocations. It is anticipated that the actual bidding date will occur after the City completes its relocation of utilities.
* The FM 1461 Utility Relocations project is required to relocate and improve the existing City water mains and services to clear the proposed roadway facilities needed by TxDOT prior to the start roadway construction. Similar efforts were recently completed for FM 2478 (Custer Road) and are underway for SH 5.
* There is approximately 30,000 linear feet of existing city wate...
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