HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 8375 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS NO. 8375
December 18, 2001
or&P To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
a
SUBJECT: SH-121T SOUTHWEST PARKWAY SCHEDULE
toys
On November 16, 2001 the City received four responses to the RFQ for local Project Management Services
for the SH-121T Southwest Parkway project. The proposals received were from:
■ Bridgefarmer and Associates, Inc.
■ Lockwood, Andrews &Newnam, Inc.
■ Prime Strategies, Inc.
■ Smith-Roberts Land Services, Inc.
The staff review committee, composed of Hugo Malanga, TPW Director; Doug Rademaker, DOE Director;
and Fernando Costa, Planning Director, will review the qualifications and recommend a firm and negotiate
the appropriate scope of services and recommendation to the City Council for a contract for project manage-
ment services. The staff anticipates a recommendation for City Council consideration on January 22, 2002.
The following is the update of the most recent project schedule presented at the two (2) most recent public
forums (November 27 and December 3, 200 1) by Carter&Burgess, Inc.
Milestones Schedule
Preliminary Draft of Environmental Impact Statement(EIS)— Submitted in October 2001
Submitted by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA)
to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
and the Federal Highway Administration(FHWA)
Public Hearing—City of Fort Worth recommends Summer 2002
a preferred alternative at the public hearing
Record of Decision—Approval of Final Environmental Impact Fall 2002
Statement (EIS) and Locally Preferred Alternative by FHWA
Right-of-Way Acquisition Fall 2002—Spring 2004
Begin Construction Spring 2004
Open to Traffic Spring 2006
The staff is attending the monthly NTTA Board meetings at the request of the Board to reaffirm the City
Council's official position supporting the SH-121T project.
If there are any questions regarding this schedule you may contact Hugo Malanga in the Transportation and
}Public r Department at 817-871-8702.
l
.nary Jackson
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS