Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with TranSystems Corporation of Ohio for design of the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - E. Broad Street Widening project in an amount up to $199,778.56.
Ordinance 1454-2017 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with TranSystems Corporation of Ohio for the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - E. Broad Street Widening project in an amount of up to $1,400,000.00. This contract was issued to design improvements to the East Broad Street Corridor from I-270 to Outerbelt Street. The $1,400,000.00 approved in Ordinance 1454-2017 was the amount estimated to be needed to complete preliminary and final engineering for the project. The original contract amount was issued for $406,826.72, the amount needed to complete preliminary engineering for the project.
Ordinance 1872-2019 authorized the Director of Public Service to modify the contract in the amount of $20,000.00. This was an unplanned modification that was necessary to cover the cost of additional work needed on the project due to a hotel that was announced to be built within the project corridor. Additional traffic studies were needed to determine appropriate access management for the hotel. These studies were not included in the original scope of work for the project.
Ordinance 1174-2020 authorized the Director of Public Service to modify the contract in the amount of $1,498,173.28. This was a planned modification that was necessary to perform final engineering to complete detailed design for the project.
This ordinance is an planned modification that is necessary to include: 1) additional research into an existing AT&T duct bank along E. Broad Street and preliminary studies into possible resolutions as well as 2) additional work associated with the final right of way plans, additional lighting, pedestrian signals, and drive profiles. ...
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