Title
Cross-Charlotte Trail Design Services
Action
Action:
Approve contract Amendment #3 in the amount of $352,439 for the Cross Charlotte Trail with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for additional design services.
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Staff Resource(s):
Mike Davis, Engineering and Property Management
Joe Frey, Engineering and Property Management
Explanation
§ The completed Cross Charlotte Trail (XCLT) will consist of a combination of new and existing greenways connected by new urban trails to form a continuous pathway extending approximately 26 miles across the City of Charlotte.
§ On October 26, 2015, the City Council approved a contract for $978,179 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (Kimley-Horn) for the design of the following trail sections:
- Brandywine Road to Tyvola Road (design services)
- South Charlotte Connector (design services)
- Davidson Street to 25th Street (planning services)
§ On November 17, 2016, staff executed contract amendment #1, adding a specialty sub-consultant for geotechnical/foundation/wall services. Amendment #1 was administrative in nature with no associated costs.
§ On December 12, 2016, City Council approved contract amendment #2 for $680,760, allowing Kimley-Horn to provide services on:
- Davidson Street to Matheson Avenue segment (design, real estate, and construction services)
- Matheson Avenue to Craighead Road segment (planning services)
§ Amendment #3 will allow Kimley-Horn to provide the following services:
- Brandywine Road to Tyvola Road segment:
• Design, real estate, and construction services for Storm Water Best Management Practices (BMP’s) required per the Post Construction Storm Water Ordinance for permitting entire trail segment.
• Design services for a pocket park at a trail access point at 3938 Selwyn Avenue (corner of Selwyn Avenue and Park Road)
- Matheson Avenue to Craighead Avenue segment: Matheson Avenue Retaining Walls (expedited design revisions in order to accommodate schedule and site plan of adjacent private development)
§ In order to expedite multiple segments concurrently and respond to rezoning petitions and private developments along the XCLT alignment, the services of Kimley-Horn are being utilized for multiple segments of the Trail under the same contract as described above.
§ The total contract amount to date, including contract amendment #3 is $2,011,378 and is available in the project budget.
Charlotte Business INClusion
All additional work involved in this amendment will be performed by Kimley-Horn and Associates and their existing sub-consultants (Part D: Section 6 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy). Kimley-Horn has committed 14.47% ($51,000) of the total amendment amount to the following certified firms:
§ CES Group Engineers (WBE, SBE) ($40,500) (real estate phase services)
§ James Mauney & Associates (SBE) ($8,000) (mapping services)
§ Boyle Consulting Engineers (SBE) ($2,500) (geotechnical services)
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Community Investment Plan
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