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Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreement with URS Corporation, Inc. (URS) for Ann Arbor Station Environmental Review (RFP No. 866; $824,875.14)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration, please find a resolution to approve a professional services agreement with URS Corporation, Inc. (URS) in the amount of $761,791.40 for the environmental review related to Ann Arbor Station, including public engagement, site selection and conceptual design. The resolution establishes a contingency amount of $63,083.74 if additional public participation activities are necessary.
Project work involves the development and implementation of a Public Involvement Plan, identification and consideration of alternative sites, drafting of a Conceptual Plan for Ann Arbor Station, and completion of the Environmental Review consistent with Federal Rail Administration (FRA) policies and procedures. The work is necessary for the planning and project development of the Ann Arbor Station. The Ann Arbor Station Project includes development of an intercity passenger rail station, platforms, and transportation infrastructure for the station. Completion of these initial planning steps will enable the project to be advanced to Preliminary Engineering under the existing FRA High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Grant, and is a step toward improving Ann Arbor community access to the existing Amtrak intercity passenger rail service on the Detroit-to-Chicago corridor.
The public participation will exceed the FRA’s procedural and regulatory requirements and facilitate comprehensive public input from the initial stages of site evaluation and selection and then concept design development. This robust public participation process has been designed to meet the public’s interest in this project. To facilitate maximum public participation in the early phases of work, additional public participation activities, such as public workshops and site visits, were introduced during...
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