CC MEETING: October 14, 2025
DATE: October 6, 2025
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Jonathan Wheat, P.E., Director of Engineering
Shannon Hicks, Assistant City Manager
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Consider A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate And Execute A Design Services Contract With Dunaway Associates, LLC. For The EW Brake Neighborhood Rehabilitation Project, In An Amount Not To Exceed $512,975.00.
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BACKGROUND:
This contract will prepare construction plans for roadway and utility rehabilitation in the EW Brake Neighborhood, including roadway, alley, sidewalk water lines, sewer lines and storm drain improvements. The project scope includes approximately 2,650 linear feet of alleys pavement reconstruction, 4,475 linear feet of roadway pavement reconstruction, 3,110 linear feet of 8” water line replacement, 465 linear feet of 8” sewer line replacement and 300 linear feet of storm drain infrastructure reconstruction.
Consultant selection was performed using a Request for Qualifications method where engineering firms submitted a two-part Statement of Qualifications which was evaluated by a four-person committee. The top 8 firms were selected for projects during the next two years.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Dunaway Associates, LLC. has submitted a proposal to the City of Carrollton to perform the engineering design services for the project for an amount not to exceed $512,975.00. Funding is available in the Streets Consolidated Fund (Account Unit 854460) with 2022 Bond Funds.
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
This project will support the City Council’s strategic objectives and vision of building a community that families and businesses want to call home by:
- Sustaining quality of life - Improvements in the thoroughfare should improve the appearance of this section of the city which should promote residents to provide better upkeep of properties in the area.
- Sustaining day-to-day operations - The replacement of roadway, storm drain, and utility service lines should reduce the need for non-scheduled or emergency repairs.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION/ACTION DESIRED:
Staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to enter an engineering design services contract with Dunaway Associates, LLC., for the preparation of engineering plans for the EW Brake Neighborhood Rehabilitation project in an amount not to exceed $512,975.00.