Title
Southeast Corridor Infrastructure Planning and Design Services
Action
Action:
Approve a contract in the amount of $2,300,000 with American Engineering Associates - Southeast, P.A. for Southeast Corridor Infrastructure.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Derrel Poole, Engineering & Property Management
Tim Greene, Engineering & Property Management
Explanation
* Southeast Corridor Infrastructure includes $25 million for the Land Acquisition and Street Connections Program to build key street connections in order to increase land use accessibility, encourage reinvestment in the area through construction of new retail and housing, increase employment, and improve mobility.
* These projects will advance the goals of the Independence Boulevard Area Plan adopted by City Council in 2011 and will focus on street improvements and connections to neighborhood services for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and transit users.
* On August 25, 2014, the City Council approved an initial contract in the amount of $225,000 to American Engineering Associates - Southeast, P.A. (AEA) for advance planning services for the Southeast Corridor Infrastructure. City Council was informed that the contract was for advance planning services only.
* AEA has completed the advance planning phase, which included identification and prioritization, market analysis, and community engagement:
* Project identification and prioritization included more than 50 projects to review for incorporating pedestrian, bicycle, and aesthetic improvements, complement other public investment in the area and provide opportunities to leverage private investment,
* Market analysis identified areas with greatest market strength, and
* Community engagement involved 30 stakeholder interviews and two open houses with more than 200 participants.
* The contract will include final planning and design services for two infrastructure projects identified and prioritized during the advance planning phas...
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