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Resolution to Approve a Professional Service Agreement with Northwest Consultants, Inc. ($148,904.57), Appropriate Funds ($33,000.00) and Establish a Project Budget for the 2008/2009 Bridge Inspection Program ($188,000.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to approve a professional services agreement with Northwest Consultants, Inc. (NCI) in the amount of $148,904.57 for the completion of the 2008/2009 Bridge Inspection Program. This resolution also appropriates funding from the 2006/2007 Annual Bridge Inspection Project budget and establishes the 2008/2009 Bridge Inspection project budget of $188,000.00.
The project includes the inspection and evaluation of fifteen City bridges over the course of the next two years. In 2008, we will inspect the following bridges: 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 Road; Wastewater Treatment Plant Drive over the Huron River; and, E. Stadium Boulevard over S. State Street. In 2009, we will inspect the following bridges: Broadway over the Huron River; Broadway over Depot Street and the Norfolk Southern Railroad; Fuller Road over the Norfolk Southern Railroad; East Medical Center Drive over the Norfolk Southern Railroad; Eisenhower Parkway over the Ann Arbor Railroad; E. Stadium Boulevard over the Ann Arbor Railroad; E. Stadium Boulevard over S. State Street; and the Pfizer Tunnel under Huron Parkway.
We are required by federal law to inspect our bridges every two years and submit updated inspection forms to the Michigan Department of Transportation. We inspect about one-half of our bridges each year in order to normalize our costs as much as possible. This year, the bridges scheduled for inspection will be completed following contract execution and the specified forms will be submitted to the...
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