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Item # 11.

Work Session and Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	12/10/2019
Department:	Public Works
Pillars:	Excellence in Asset Management Excellence in Transportation Systems
Milestones:	Effectively utilize and promote the Silver Line development with a first mile/last mile solution

AGENDA CAPTION:

Consider Action on a Resolution to Approve an Agreement for Professional Engineering Services Between the Town of Addison and Kimley-Horn Associates Inc, for the Belt Line Road Signals Design Project and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed $57,000.

BACKGROUND:

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget included $800,000 for the implementation of projects identified in the recently completed Asset Management Plan. One of the projects scheduled under that line item is improvements to the intersections of Belt Line Road and Addison Road and Belt Line Road and Beltway Drive. This item would approve an agreement for professional engineering services with Kimley-Horn and Associates (Kimley-Horn) for the design of accessibility and signal system improvements at those intersections.

The signals at these intersections were installed in 1981 and are nearing the end of their life cycle. Both intersections are in the high-risk category from the 2018 Asset Management Plan. Also, the Town’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan identified several accessibility deficiencies at these intersections.

In 2017, Kimley-Horn was selected through a Request for Qualifications for general engineering and design services for the Town. Their prior experience with the Town's signal system and their work on the Town's ADA Transition Plan will be valuable in this design work.

The scope of work is for the design of improvements related to compliance with the ADA and updated traffic signal standards. In particular, it will include those improvements that are associated with pedestrian accessible ramps, crosswalks and crosswalk marking improvements, and the relocation of traffic signal poles and other utilities that might interfere with accessibility, as well as relocating those that are currently in the medians. Kimley-Horn will gather data about the intersection and the existing traffic signal system, property ownership and current easement information and incorporate it into their final design. All existing utilities will be identified and marked in the event that relocation is needed as a part of this project.

The total cost of the design of the improvements to the two intersections is $57,000 and is budgeted in the Fiscal Year 2020 Self-Funded Special Project Fund. The FY2020 budgeted amount was $100,000. The design is expected to take 8 months to complete once the Notice to Proceed is issued.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration recommends approval.

Attachments
Resolution - Professional Engineering Services Agreement with Kimley- Horn Associates, Inc