MEMORANDUM
Vlib
TO
Mayor
and City Council
FROM
Tyler A
Trish
Christoff
THRU
E Aragon P City Engineer Bentley Henderson Assistant City Manager
December
DATE OF MEMO
3
2007
MEETING DATE
December
10
2007
RE
Park Avenue Pedestrian
Professional Services Contract
Improvement Plan Approval for JR Engineering
LLC
SUMMARY Staff recommends that Council approves the contract for JR Engineering LLC in the amount of 43 for professional services for developing the Park Avenue Pedestrian 00 595
Improvement
Plan
BACKGROUND
According
to Ordinance No 25
series
of 2004 sidewalk curb and
gutter
shall be
provided
the
across
the Pazk Avenue
frontage
As
a
of 308 and 310 Pazk Avenue The
challenge
is that the
paved
road surface is
approximately
right
of way
18 to 21 feet wide
minimum
not
24 feet is
recommended
and is located on
edge
of the
ROW
result there is
enough
room
to install the sidewalk as
January 22 2007 council meeting to commission a study to develop a pedestrian improvement plan for the Park Avenue neighborhood goal ofthe study is to provide recommendations for pedestrian alignments along Park Avenue
intended by the ordinance Council then directed staff at the DISCUSSION
The
Proposals
JR
were
received from two consultants
as
summarized below
00 595 43 Engineering LLC BWR Engineering Corp 64 00 553 A team of three employees from the engineering department performed independent reviews of the proposals The proposals were then ranked as a group based on the rankings of each reviewer Consultant fees remained sealed until the proposals were scored The review committee selected JR Engineering LLC based on the quality and detail of their proposal JR Engineering was retained to provide a Traffic Study and Transportation Plan of the Pazk Avenue Neighborhood Additionally JR Engineering has included various meetings with the neighborhood and council presentation for this project
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Originally additional funding required
November
for the Park Avenue Traffic and Pedestrian
Study
was
to be
taken from the TABOR funds for Sidewalk
Improvements given meeting these funds are not available for this prof ect Staff intends to original funding budgeted for this project and request supplemental funding in Mazch to cover h 26
2007 council
From Council direction
in the
use
additional
project
expenses
Total
Project Amount JR Engineering LLC Proposal Funding Budgeted Pedestrian Improvements Park Avenue 000 Acct 15 82130
00 595 43 00 000 36
RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that Council approves the contract for JR Engineering LLC as mentioned above
CITY MANAGER
Attachment A
Agreement
for Professional Services
between the City of Aspen
and JR
Engineering
RESOLUTION
IO
Series
of
2007
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
ASPEN COLORADO AND JR ENGINEERING LLC SETTING FORTH
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS REGARDING THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN OF THE PARK AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT
WHEREAS there has been submitted to the City Council a contract between the City of Aspen Colorado and JR Engineering LLC a copy of which contract is annexed hereto and made a part thereof NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN COLORADO
Section 1 That the
City
Council of the
contract between the
regarding Traffic Neighborhood a
and does
City of Study and Pedestrian
City of Aspen hereby approves that Aspen Colorado and JR Engineering LLC
Plan of the Park Avenue
hereby
copy of which is annexed hereto and incorporated authorize the City Manager of the City of Aspen to
on
herein
execute said contract
behalf of the
City
of
Aspen
Dated
Mick
Ireland Mayor
I Kathryn S Koch duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen Colorado at a meeting held December 10th 2007
Kathryn S Koch City Clerk