Title
Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing a professional services agreement for the schematic design of the Rancier Avenue Replacement and Streetscaping Improvements Project with BGE Inc. in the amount of $813,453.73.
Summary
DATE: December 6, 2022
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Edwin Revell, Executive Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Authorize the execution of a Professional Services Agreement with BGE Inc. in the amount of $813,453.73 for the Schematic Design of the Rancier Avenue Replacement and Streetscaping Improvements Project
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The FY 2023 Capital Improvement Plan includes the Rancier Avenue Replacement and Streetscaping Improvements Project as an unfunded project for design. However, the project was intended to be funded using TIRZ funding. At the September 8, 2022 TIRZ Board Meeting, the TIRZ Board voted 5-0 to program up to $1 million TIRZ funding for the design of Phase One of the Rancier Avenue Project.
In addition to the TIRZ funding, the City applied for a KTMPO Grant in October of 2020 for funding associated to improve the sidewalks and landscaping along Rancier Avenue. The grant was selected and awarded $3,240,000.00 in construction funding that will be available in 2024.
City staff has negotiated a professional services agreement (PSA) with BGE Inc. for the schematic design of the Rancier Avenue Replacement and Streetscaping project in the amount of $813,453.73. The schematic design will include background research of the limits between Fort Hood Street and W.S. Young and TXDOT required studies that include Environmental review, Archaeological Studies, Historical Studies, Threatened and Endangered Species, Water Resources, and a Hazardous Materials Initial Site Assessment. The schematic design will also include public involvement through a public meeting and stakeholder meetings, topographic surveying, utility coordination, roadway design, stormwater drainage design, urban landscap...
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