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City Council Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:

07/07/2020

BACKGROUND

Ford Engineering has been working on the design of the Schertz Pedestrian Routes & Bike Lanes Project for the last two years. As part of that process, TxDOT requires environmental clearance. In 2020, after we were 3/4 of the way through the project process, TxDOT updated their environmental clearance rules and required us to comply.

The environmental consultant is requesting some additional services for their additional work to update the environmental documents to meet the next TxDOT standards. We have $2,475 left unbilled on the environmental task and they are billing $4,526.59 for their additional work, which leaves us $2,051.59 short in the approved contract.

Because we are at our approved NTE value already with the Ford contract, this is being presented to Council as a contract amendment.

Breakdown of Project Components thus far:
Base Contract 18-R-08    $ 99,018.00
Sidewalk Easement 18-R-71 $   2,600.00
Turn Lane 19-R-03    $ 32,423.00
Total Approved NTE $ 134,041.00

Additional Environmental Work $ 2,051.59
New Total Approved NTE $136,092.59

GOAL

The goal is to approve the contract amendment for the additional $2,051.59 to cover the cost of Ford Engineering's environmental subconsultant work. Final design has been submitted to TxDOT and the funds are expected to let September 2020.

COMMUNITY BENEFIT

The community will benefit from the additional pedestrian routes being added in this project. Both the Parks & Recreation Master Plan and the Citizen Satisfaction Surveys rate trails as the number one recreational need. This project adds approximately 7 miles of bike lanes, sidewalks, and decomposed granite trails to the city.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED ACTION

FISCAL IMPACT

The additional $2,051.59 added to the NTE contract amount will be covered by professional services funds in the Parks & Recreation base budget.

RECOMMENDATION

Approval of Resolution authorizing a contract amendment for the additional $2,051.59 to cover the cost of Ford Engineering's environmental subconsultant work.

Attachments
Resolution 20-R-71
Ford Eng Additional Env Work