CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Authorize staff to use a modified procurement process with a limited field of consultants for the design of the Special Service Area #30 streetscape, roadway and utility improvements (RFP 19-112)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: William J. Novack, Director of TED/City Engineer
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
On March 5, 2019, City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance to establish Special Service Area #30 (SSA #30) for streetscape improvements with the property owners paying 40% of the streetscape costs if fewer than fifty percent of the property owners objected over the next sixty days. The proposed improvements (both SSA eligible and City-funded public improvements) associated with SSA #30 include:
> New streetscape on both sides of Main Street from Jackson to Jefferson and on the south side of Jefferson Avenue from Main to Webster
> The conversion of angled parking to parallel parking on the east side of Main Street and the south side of Jefferson Avenue
> Installation of an underground electric duct bank on Jefferson Avenue
> Replacement of the watermain on both Jefferson Avenue and Main Street
> Reconstruction of Jefferson Avenue between Main Street and Webster Street and Main Street between Jefferson Avenue and Jackson Avenue
This project initially started as a limited property owner streetscape improvement. The Rubin Partnership hired Hitchcock Design Group and Roake and Associates to provide professional services for the preparation of the streetscape and engineering plans. During 2018 and the early portion of 2019, Hitchcock Design Group (Hitchcock) prepared the preliminary streetscape design, schematic design and portions of final design and cost estimates for the streetscape improvements. Roake and Associates, which has recently become a part of Civil Environmental Consultants (Roake/CEC), provided the survey work for the improvements....
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