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Resolution to Approve a Professional Service Agreement with DLZ Michigan, Inc. ($137,176.65) and Establish a Project Budget for the 2012-2013 Bridge Inspection Program ($165,000.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to approve a professional services agreement with DLZ Michigan, Inc. (DLZ) in the amount of $137,176.65 for the completion of the 2012-2013 Bridge Inspection Program. This resolution also establishes the project budget of $165,000.00 for this work.
By law every bridge in the City must be inspected every two years, followed by a formal inspection report to the Michigan Department of Transportation. The proposed contract with DLZ is for the inspection of 15 structures that are located within our Act 51 street system including 13 City bridges, a portion of the new 5th Avenue Parking Structure that is under the street, and the University of Michigan tunnel under Huron Parkway.
In the fall we will inspect the following six (6) structures and will report our findings to the State of Michigan in November 2012: Island Drive over the Traver Creek; Maiden Lane over the Huron River; Fuller Road (Eastbound and Westbound) over the Huron River; Huron Parkway over the Huron River, Norfolk Southern Railroad and Geddes Avenue; and Wastewater Treatment Plant Drive over the Huron River.
In the fall of 2013 we will inspect the following nine (9) structures and will report our findings to the State of Michigan in November 2013. Broadway over the Huron River; Broadway over Depot Street and the Norfolk Southern Railroad; E. Stadium Boulevard Bridge over S. State Street; E. Stadium Boulevard Bridge over the Ann Arbor Railroad tracks; Fuller Road over the Norfolk Southern Railroad; East Medical Center Drive over the Norfolk Southern Railroad; Eisenhower Parkway over the Ann Arbor Railroad; a portion of the new 5th Avenue Parking Structure that is under the street; and the University of Michigan Tunnel under Huron Parkway.
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