CC MEETING: January 22, 2019
DATE: January 10, 2019
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Cesar J. Molina, Jr., P.E., Director of Engineering
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Consider A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Negotiate And Execute Contract Amendment No. 1 With Transystems Corporation DBA Transystems Corporation Consultants For Additional Professional Engineering Design Services Related To The Furneaux Creek Hike And Bike Trail Project In The Amount Of $56,407.00, Increasing The Total Contract To An Amount Not To Exceed $213,111.00.
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BACKGROUND:
On October 18, 2016 City Council approved a contract in the amount of $156,704 for the design to extend the Blue Trail along Furneaux Creek from Old Denton Road to the DART Trinity Mills Station.
Contract amendment No. 1 is needed to fund the costs for additional design work, survey work, and parcel documents in order to avoid flooding issues, as well as the costs for trail re-alignment design work and survey work required to avoid property acquisition at 1448 and 1458 MacArthur Drive.
The initial trail alignment was located along the toe of the slope within the channel between Trinity Mills and Dickerson Parkway. Maintenance staff began having issues with the existing trail at Old Denton Road due to periodic flooding. As a result, the trail will be re-aligned to the top of the slope to avoid continued maintenance due to flooding. Also, while reviewing the initial alignment, it was determined that a trail access will be added at Dickerson Parkway and the trail is to be continued further south to the bike racks at Trinity Mills Station. Additional design, survey, and parcel documents are required to address these elements.
The current alignment requires a public use easement along the western side of 1448 MacArthur Drive and additional right-of-way along the frontage of 1458 MacArthur Drive. City Council was previously briefed on the cost to acquire the needed easement and determined that the cost was excessive. Sinc...
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