Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with Gannett Fleming Engineers & Architects to add additional funds for the design of the Roadway - Westbourne Avenue Extension project. This modification is to design Blossom Field Boulevard from Broad Street to Westbourne Avenue.
Ordinance No. 1934-2020 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a $500,000.00 professional services contract with Gannett Fleming Engineers & Architects for the Roadway - Westbourne Avenue Extension project. This Phase 1 project consists of constructing, resurfacing, widening, new curb and gutter, sidewalks, drives, storm sewer system, and a shared use path on Westbourne Avenue from approximately 600 feet west of Taylor Station Road to Blossom Field Boulevard. This project will also include a roundabout and new alignment on Corrina Drive south of the roundabout.
Ordinance 0438-2022 authorized the Director of Public Service to modify the contract in the amount of $675,000.00 to cover Phase 1 of the design. This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify the contract again in the amount of $300,000.00.
This is a planned modification that is necessary to cover Phase 2 of the design now known as the Roadway - Blossom Field Boulevard - Broad Street to Westbourne Avenue project. This project creates a new public street where a private street (Blossom Field Boulevard) exists from E. Broad Street to approximately 1,800 feet north of E. Broad Street. The project also serves as Phase 2 of the Roadway - Westbourne Avenue Extension project by extending from its Phase 1 terminus to Blossom Field Boulevard. Gannett Fleming Engineers & Architects performed the study work for the entire corridor and the survey work for Phase 2 detailed design.
Gannett Fleming Engineers & Architects provided a cost breakdown for each task included in the scope. After several negotiations, the final f...
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