Title
CityLYNX Gold Line Phase 3 Design Services
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract in the amount of $4,299,990.14 with AECOM Technical Services of North Carolina, Inc for planning, environmental, and preliminary design services, and
B. Adopt a budget ordinance transferring $4,299,990.14 from the CityLYNX Gold Line Phase 3 Reserve in the General Capital Projects Fund and appropriating $4,299,990.14 to the CityLYNX Gold Line Design project.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
John Lewis, Jr., CATS
Kelly Goforth, CATS
David McDonald, CATS
Explanation
§ The CityLYNX Gold Line is a 10-mile streetcar that is planned to operate from the Eastland Transit Center on Central Avenue through Uptown Charlotte to the Rosa Parks Transit Center on Beatties Ford Road.
§ Phases 1 and 2 of the CityLYNX Gold Line are complete, and service is operating from French Street on Beatties Ford Road to Summit Avenue on Hawthorne Lane (four miles).
§ This contract will include design services for Phase 3 of the Gold Line, from French Street to Rosa Parks Center along Beatties Ford Road and from Hawthorne Lane to Eastland Transit Center along Central Avenue in Council Districts 1, 2, and 5.
§ The initial design services will update the environmental document; apply lessons learned from the prior projects; and seek updated public input on the project’s design, alignment, and vehicle maintenance facility location.
§ The work will include assessment of travel time and operational reliability and efficiency and potential expansion of off-wire operations to reduce construction impacts and project delivery time.
§ On March 23, 2021, the City issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ); three responses were received.
§ AECOM Technical Services of North Carolina, Inc is the best qualified firm to meet the City’s needs on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification of professional services in response to the RFQ requirements.
§ Future requests for City Council approval of contract amendments to complete the design of the Gold Line Phase 3 are anticipated.
Charlotte Business INClusion
The City negotiates subcontracting participation after the proposal selection process (Part C: Section 2.1(h) of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy). AECOM Technical Services of North Carolina, Inc. has identified MBEs and has committed 4.19% ($180,107) and has identified SBEs and committed 9.06% ($389,647) of the total contract amount to the following certified firm(s):
§ Zaja PR (MBE) ($38,362) (Public Involvement)
§ Neighboring Concepts (MBE) ($141,745) (Public Outreach, Developing Project Renderings, GIS Mapping, Conceptual Design of Vehicle Maintenance Facility)
§ CES Group Engineers (SBE) ($306,755) (Surveying and Mapping, Plats)
§ Utility Coordination Consultants (SBE) ($82,892) (Utility Coordination)
Fiscal Note
Funding: CATS Capital Investment Plan with funding from CityLYNX Gold Line Reserves
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Map
Budget Ordinance