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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing an amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with BGE Inc. to complete the 30% design of the Rancier Avenue Replacement and Streetscaping Improvements Project, in the amount of $2,037,006.37.
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DATE: November 5, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Edwin Revell, Executive Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: Authorize the execution of an Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with BGE Inc. to complete the 30% 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 Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number 2 (TIRZ) funding. At the September 8, 2022 TIRZ Board Meeting, the TIRZ Board voted unanimously to allocate up to $1 million of TIRZ funding to complete the schematic design of the Rancier Avenue Project.
In addition to the TIRZ funding, the City applied for a KTMPO Grant in October 2020 for funding 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.
On December 6, 2022, the City Council authorized a professional services agreement (PSA) with BGE Inc. to complete the schematic design of the Rancier Avenue Replacement and Streetscaping project in the amount of $813,453.73. The schematic design includes background research of the limits between Fort Hood Street and W.S. Young Drive 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 also includes public involvement through public and stakeholder meetings, topographic surveying, utilit...
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