Title
Resolution Approving Extension of Professional Services Contract 2009-056A with Withers & Ravenel, Inc., for the Design of the Downtown Greenway Phase 2
Body
Department: Engineering & Inspections
Council District: 2, 3
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Kenney McDowell 373-2302
Contact 2 and Phone: Ted Kallam 373-2302
PURPOSE:
Withers & Ravenel, Inc. is needed to provide additional engineering services for the federally funded Downtown Greenway Phase 2 project, EL5101DJ. City Council approval of a contract extension to the professional services contract in the amount of $20,954.50 is requested.
BACKGROUND:
The downtown greenway will enhance pedestrian and bicycle circulation in and around downtown, serving as a hub for a larger future greenway network and improving transportation safety and mobility choices. Phase 2 is the section of the greenway along Murrow Boulevard and Fisher Avenue, from E. Lee Street to N. Eugene Street.
Withers & Ravenel, Inc. was awarded the design contract for Phase 2 by the City Council on June 5, 2012, in the amount of $680,531. Three other extensions to the contract for design services were authorized on August 5, 2013, August 2, 2015, and May 17, 2016 in the total amount of $149,867.75.
The Transportation Department, with the approval of the NCDOT, has identified the need to add several items to the contract: extension of the design limits, milling and asphalt overlay of E. Gate City Boulevard along with additional sections of Murrow Boulevard. In addition, minor modifications are required at Summit Avenue to tie to the future Summit Streetscape project. The cost to incorporate the additional engineering is $20,954.50. With this contract extension, the new total amount of the contract will be $851,353.25. Federal funds are reimbursing 80% of the cost, so the City's matching amount for the extension will be $4,190.90.
BUDGET IMPACT:
The design contract extension in the amount of ...
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