Agenda Date: 04/02/2024
Subject:
Title
Resolution 44-2024: Amending a contract with David Evans and Associates, Inc. for design services on the County Line Road Shared Use Path Connections Project
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Brent Soderlin, Deputy Director of Public Works & Utilities
Brent Thompson, City Engineer
Presentations:
N/A
PURPOSE:
Does city council support amending a contract with David Evans and Associates, Inc. for design services on the County Line Road Shared Use Path Connections Project?
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
Safe Community; High Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
The County Line Road Shared Use Path Connections Project includes pedestrian and bicyclist safety and accessibility elements to connect the existing bike lanes along Southpark Lane to the High Line Canal Trail and C470 Trail, as well as provide missing bicycle and pedestrian facilities along County Line Road.
City staff solicited the services of David Evans and Associates (DEA) for design of this multimodal project in 2023. DEA assisted the city with development of the grant application for this project in 2022 and as such had significant familiarity with the multimodal transportation challenges and opportunities in the vicinity. This project familiarity will result in cost savings and efficiencies in completing the design of the multimodal project. DEA is also a reputable firm with talented and competent staff, having completed many multimodal and safety projects throughout the region.
In consultation with CDOT, City staff worked with DEA to develop a detailed scope of services for the project. A contract was executed for the first phase of the project, conceptual design, in May 2023. The contract was intentionally phased to ensure that the final design scope and fee accurately reflected the anticipated design workload, which would be determined by the preliminary design. Projects of this nature, particularly with federal funds involved...
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