Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify and increase the professional engineering services contract for the Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Sidewalk General Engineering 2007 Contract with American Structurepoint, Inc., in the amount of $105,000.00.
Work performed to date as part of the contract includes the design of various sidewalk projects. The balance of $55,000 has been allocated to start the design of the Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Hague Valleyview Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) project.
The contract mod is intended for the continuing design of the Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Hague Valleyview Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) project that has obtained $500,000 in federal funds for construction to build a shared use path on Valleyview and Hague Avenue.
This contract has been used for various projects that spent down the total value. Once it was determined to use American Structurepoint for the Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Hague Valleyview Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) project, it was deemed advisable to modify this contract rather than a separate procurement effort due to the grant funding schedule.
0.40 miles of 10 foot wide shared use path will be added or reconstructed as part of this project on the south side of Valleyview and the west side of Hague Avenue. 2 ADA ramps will be added or reconstructed in this project. There are 2 bus stops and transit routes within the limits of this project.
This project complies with the recommendation of the Pedestrian Thoroughfare Plan because shared use path is being added to provide access to transit and pedestrian generators.
Pedestrian generators and destinations impacting the proposed project include the YMCA and Westmore Middle School.
The original contract amount was $200,000.00 Contract number EL007865. Established by ordinance 0084-2008
This is the first modification to this contract in the amount of $105,000.00
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