SUBJECT: GENERAL BUSINESS
Title
A Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Erie Approving an Agreement for Professional Services With Fox Tuttle Transportation Group for the Design of the Traffic Signal at Erie Parkway and Weld County Road 7 in the Amount of $68,000
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER/PREPARER: Todd Fessenden, Public Works Director
Wendi Palmer, Civil Engineer
TIME ESTIMATE: 10 minutes
only required for non-consent items
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: $ 68,000
Balance Available: $2,667,200
Fund: Transportation
Budget Line Item Number: 300-70-110-605000-100210
New Appropriation Required: No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the Resolution to award said contract, authorize the appropriate Town officer to execute said contract, and authorize staff to expend contracted funds.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Background:
The Transportation Budget has funds appropriated for designing and constructing the Erie Parkway and WCR 7 signal and intersection improvements.
The Town awarded a design contract to J-U-B Engineers for the design of the intersection Improvements. During the design phase, the Town had the opportunity to apply for federal funding for the traffic signal portion of the intersection improvements. At the November 12, 2019 Board Meeting, the Town Board approved a State of Colorado Intergovernmental Agreement, for the funding of the traffic signal at Erie Parkway and WCR 7.
The Town had to follow the federal requirements for selecting a consultant for the signal design. The consultant must be selected based on qualifications only.
A Request for Qualifications was posted on the Town's website on January 14, 2020 to ensure that local consultants were notified about this project.
The following schedule was used for consultant selection:
Request for Qualification issued January 14, 2020
Pre-Qualification meeting January 21, 2020
Qualifications due ...
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