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 Josey Lane Screening Project, In An Amount Not To Exceed $30,920.00.
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BACKGROUND:
This contract will prepare construction plans for the complete reconstruction of approximately 330 feet of screening wall improvements along Josey Lane at the Green Ridge Drive intersection, including structural and zero-scaping infrastructure.
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 $30,920.00. 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 screening wall 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 Josey Lane Screening Wall p...
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