Agenda Date: 12/17/2024
Subject:
Title
Resolution 127-2024: Approving a second amendment to the Professional Services Agreement between the City of Littleton and 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, Public Works & Utilities Director
Brent Thompson, City Engineer
Presentations:
N/A
PURPOSE:
Does council support approving an amendment to the Professional Services Agreement 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. 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 those involving federal funds, often take 18-24 months to design. Phasing the design of this project is fiscally responsible, as it avoids encumbering funds that would not otherwise be used until a subsequent fiscal year, thereby freeing those funds for current-year projects. The final design amendment was approved by council in April 2024.
The preliminary design was completed earlier this year, and the project team is nearing the end of the final design phase. This amendment is needed to cover additiona...
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