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Council Communication
DATE: 09/24/19 M&C FILE NUMBER: M&C 19-0182
LOG NAME: 20INTERIM FUNDING MEANDERING RD.
SUBJECT
Adopt Appropriation Ordinance in the Amount of $500,000 from Street Rehabilitation Fund to Provide Interim Funding for the Meandering Road
Project until Additional Grant Funds are Appropriated and Authorize Amendment #2 to the Professional Engineering Services Agreement with
Lamb Star Engineering in an Amount of $350,000 for Additional Design Services for a Revised Contract Amount of $1,150,000. (COUNCIL
DISTRICT 7)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Adopt the attached Appropriation Ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the amount of $500,000 from
Street Rehabilitation Fund to provide interim funding for the Meandering Road Project until additional grant funds are appropriated; and
2. Authorize Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Engineering Services Agreement, City Secretary No. 49334, with Lamb Star Engineering in an
amount of $350,000 for additional design services for a revised contract amount of $1,150,000.
DISCUSSION:
In 2017, the City of Fort Worth working in conjunction with North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), City of River Oaks, Tarrant
County and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS Fort Worth, JRB) assumed the lead role to deliver this project. A Local Project Advance
Funding Agreement (LPAFA) was authorized by City Council on 05/03/2016 (C-27708) to support this effort by providing design and
environmental review. Following a Request for Proposals, the city selected and executed an Engineering Services Agreement with Lamb -Star
Engineering, L.P. for design services to develop plans and specifications for the reconstruction of Meandering Road (City Secretary No. 49334,
M&C C-28290).
This project was selected to receive Federal Funds to improve livability of military communities and to enhance safety along this corridor that
serves NAS Fort Worth JRB by improving the pavement condition, providing bicycle and pedestrian amenities, installing street lights and
promoting safety by reducing traveling speeds at several intersections by constructing single lane roundabouts.
The original contract amount for the Engineering Services Agreement was $1,000,000 in federal reimbursement funds with no local match
participation required. An amendment was executed administratively in October of 2017 to reduce the amount to $800,000 to provide funds for
project management and Right Of Way services (City Secretary No.49334 A-1). NCTCOG has earmarked $16M for this project and pending the
approval of revisions submitted to the State Transportation Improvement Program this fall, all remaining funds will be appropriated for final design
and construction.
Staff is requesting interim funds in the amount of $500,000 to be allocated to the project until the remaining funds are appropriated in order to
continue with the engineering plans and to meet the proposed TxDOT letting schedule. Once the federal funds are received, previous eligible
expenditures will be transferred to the grant funds.
The following is a summary of the contract history:
Contract
Amount ($)
Description
Approval
Action
Approval
Date
Initial contract
Preliminary
1,000,000
Design
C-28290
06/20/2017
CSC #49334
Reduction in
contract
Amendment 1
amount to
allocate
approved
CSC #49334-
-200,000
funding for
administratively
10/25/2017
Al
project
management
and ROW
services
Amendment 2
350,000
Final Design
pending
pending
(Totals 1,150,000 L -----]L
This project is 100% Federally funded with a DBE goal of 0% as determined by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
FISCAL INFORMATION / CERTIFICATION:
The Director of Finance certifies that upon the approval of the above recommendation and adoption of the attached appropriation ordinance,
funds will available in the capital budget, as previously appropriated in the Street Rehabilitation Fund.
Submitted for City Manager's Office by. Dana Burghdoff 8018
Originating Business Unit Head: William Johnson 7801
Additional Information Contact: Lissette Acevedo 2722