Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates to add additional funds for the Roadway - Mobility Study - NW Corridor project.
Pursuant to Ordinance 2639-2019, the Department of Public Service initiated a procurement effort that resulted in the award and execution of a professional services contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates in the amount of up to $500,000.00 to implement the Mobility Study - NW Corridor project. The project includes establishing a Vision and Implementation Strategy for the corridor (Olentangy River Road from Bethel Road to West Broad Street) resulting in the development of a multi-modal transportation system supportive of mixed-use, transit-oriented, pedestrian, and bicycle friendly development patterns.
The first planned contract modification added funding to the original contract to allow for the continuation of requisite services by Kimley-Horn and Associates in the amount of up to $510,000.00.
This unplanned modification will expand on the LinkUS Corridor Framework Strategy developed in Task 3 of the original contract by further coordinating the implementation of multiple concurrently planned High Capacity Transit Corridors. The LinkUS Framework Strategy established the organizing principles and shared goals for implementing a system of High Capacity Transit (HCT) corridors. It outlined a series of next steps that will be needed to achieve strategy goals. This contract modification will facilitate coordination with the LinkUS East-West Corridor High Capacity Transit Plan (contract managed by the Central Ohio Transit Authority), including the integration of the Northwest and East-West Corridors and additional LinkUS mobility network projects through a coordinated implementation effort.
The contract dollar amount to date is as follows:
Original contract amount: $500,000.00 (Ord. 2639-2019, PO205703) ...
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