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File #: 25-28    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Consent Item Ready
File created: 12/31/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/13/2025 Final action:
Title: Approval of a contract with Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc. for the final plans, specifications, and estimates for Conrads Lane from Goodwin Lane to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
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PRESENTER: Presenter

Scott McClelland, Assistant Transportation & Capital Improvements Director

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SUBJECT: Title

Approval of a contract with Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc. for the final plans, specifications, and estimates for Conrads Lane from Goodwin Lane to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.

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DEPARTMENT:  Transportation and Capital Improvements

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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 4

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Voters approved the Conrads Lane Project as part of the 2023 Bond Program, Proposition A, on May 6, 2023.  The City issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to select qualified vendors for design of the city’s road projects including the Conrads Lane Project. Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc. has been selected to complete the final plans, specifications, and estimates. City staff negotiated an hourly not to exceed contract amount of $1,017,265.

 

The project will include an improved 2-lane roadway, widened intersections with dedicated turn lanes, improved drainage infrastructure, an ADA-compliant 10’ shared-use path, as well as improvements at the Goodwin Lane intersection.

 

 

ISSUE:

Continue an ongoing program of infrastructure, construction, and maintenance.

 

STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:

Economic Mobility Enhanced Connectivity Community Identity

Organizational Excellence Community Well-Being N/A

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

Sufficient funds are available in Proposition A of the 2023 Bond for the proposed work.

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RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends approval to authorize the City Manager to enter into a professional service agreement (PSA) with Pape Dawson Engineers, Inc for the final plans, specifications and estimates for Conrads Lane from Goodwin Lane to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks for an hourly not to exceed cost of $1,017,265.