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Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with SmithGroup JJR for Work Related to Conceptual Planning and Environmental Documentation for the Ann Arbor Rail Passenger Station Project ($196,192.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution to approve Amendment No. 2 to the August 17, 2009 Professional Services Agreement between the City and SmithGroup JJR. City Council approved Resolution R-09-343 authorizing the original agreement in the amount of $541,717.00, and later approved Resolution R-09-433 on November 5, 2011 for Amendment No. 1 in the amount of $111,228.00. The original agreement included tasks associated with 1) site assessment, inventory and survey; 2) project definition and concept planning; and 3) determination of environmental documentation and investigations pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The work performed included the preparation of a comprehensive Transportation Study that considered off-site and site access transportation system impacts, and provided recommended improvements. It also included preparation of a Geotechnical Study to determine and evaluate subsurface soil conditions, completion of a detailed topographic survey, and development of the program definition and a master concept plan that described and depicted the elements included in the project. Lastly, the environmental determination resulted in a preparation of a draft Environmental Assessment report. Amendment No. 1 allowed for the design of improvements to certain City owned infrastructure.
Amendment No. 2 in the amount of $196,192.00 is for continued planning efforts that will build upon the previous work completed by SmithGroup JJR, and includes re-examination of the current program definition to affirm it is consistent with the stakeholder goals for the Ann Arbor Rail Passenger Station Project, and revisions as required to the conceptual plan. Furthermore, this am...
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