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Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreements with Sam Schwartz Consulting, LLC for Safe Streets for All Grant Coordination ($1,073,636.22) and to Appropriate $855,000.00 from the Climate Action Millage Fund (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration is a resolution approving a Professional Services Agreement with Sam Schwartz Consulting, LLC for Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Grant Coordination.
The City was awarded a $3.8 million dollar grant as part of the SS4A competitive grant program. These efforts are part of the implementation actives of the City's 2021 Moving Together Towards Vision Zero Comprehensive Transportation Plan goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries on city streets by the year 2025. The scope of work awarded was for three specific elements: Quick Build, Speed Management, and Near Miss Evaluation (being handled by another contract). The scope of services of this contract includes quarterly performance and budget reporting, community engagement, construction design, management and inspection, data collection and post project evaluation over the life of the grant.
The volume of projects actively managed by the Transportation staff exceed their capacity. The proposed professional service agreement is intended to supplement and support the existing Transportation staff by providing engineering and support services necessary to fully plan, design, and execute all the Quick Build and Speed Management elements of the grant.
On May 13, 2024, the City received proposals in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 24-28 from two firms. The RFP required each consultant to submit a statement of qualifications, work plan, fee schedule, and resumes of personnel that it proposed were qualified and available to work on City projects. A selection committee comprised of City staff reviewed the proposals and determined which firm was most qualified to perform the required services. The...
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