CC MEETING: November 4, 2025
DATE: October 23, 2025
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Jonathan Wheat, P.E., Director of Engineering
Shannon Hicks, P.E., Assistant City Manager
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Consider A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate And Execute Contract Amendment No. 2 With Halff Associates, Inc. For Engineering Services Related To A Site Development Feasibility Study In An Amount Not To Exceed $72,000.00, For A Revised Contract Total Of $632,000.00.
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BACKGROUND:
On January 9, 2024, City Council approved a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. for engineering services related to the site development feasibility study for the City-owned property located near the intersection of PGBT and I-35E, now called the District 35E Property, in a total amount not to exceed $560,000.00.
On March 6, 2024, the contract was negotiated and executed in an amount of $537,000.00. The original scope provided for one site development analysis.
Contract Amendment No. 1 provided arborist services to meet the City's Tree Preservation Ordinance while performing geotechnical analysis of the property and was executed on September 9, 2024, and increased the contract total to $547,000.00, leaving $13,000.00 available for future change orders.
Contract Amendment No. 2 will provide additional services, including an updated Traffic Impact Study, Additional Development Option, and Water System Impact Modeling. The total cost of the amendment is $85,000.00, requiring an additional $72,000.00 added to the contract.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Funding for these services will come from the TOD and Utility funds and is currently available.
Staff is proposing this contract amendment with a total amount not to exceed $72,000.00.
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
This project will support the City Council's strategic objectives and vision of building a community that families and b...
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