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Resolution to Approve the Fuller Road Station: Master Concept Plan, Amend the Agreement with JJR, LLC, and Amend the Existing Project Budget ($111,228.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution to approve the Fuller Road Station: Master Concept Plan, authorize continued effort on the Fuller Road Station: Phase One Concept Plan, amend the existing project budget, and amend the existing agreement with JJR, LLC. Council approved Resolution #R-09-343 authorizing Professional Services with JJR, LLC in the amount of $541,717.00 for conceptual design, environmental assessment and engineering services related to the Fuller Road Station project. Deliverable Number One of this effort was to confirm the Phase One Concept Plan and identify the Phase One development footprint. That effort has been completed and was presented to the Council at the October 12, 2009 Working Session and is now on the Council agenda for approval.
The City owns the land containing the existing southern surface parking lot along Fuller Road and has determined that this area is: uniquely suited as adjacent to the existing Amtrak passenger rail service corridor, which is proposed to accommodate commuter rail service linking Ann Arbor to Metro airport and Detroit and has been designated as a national high-speed corridor between Detroit and Chicago; immediately adjacent to the University Medical center campus with thousands of employees and visitors daily; able to provide direct pedestrian access to jobs and medical services; accessible to bus transport via Fuller and East Medical Center Drive and is along a proposed signature transit corridor identified in the City’s recent Transportation Plan Update; and adjacent to the Washtenaw County Border to Border Trail.
A set of conceptual plans emerged from a two-day workshop which was convened by JJR, LLC., on August 26 and 27, 2009. The working session included representatives from the City, the University of Michigan (UM),...
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