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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing a contract amendment for professional design services with BGE, Inc., for the final design of the Rancier Avenue project, in the amount of $7,396,410.95.
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DATE: October 21, 2025
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Andrew Zagars, P.E., City Engineer
SUBJECT: Contract Amendment for professional design services with BGE, Inc., for the final design of the Rancier Avenue Project
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) 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 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 grant with the Killeen-Temple Metropolitan Planning Organization (KTMPO) 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 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 Texas Department of Transportation (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, utility coordination, roadway design, sto...
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