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Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with URS Corporation Great Lakes Inc., (URS) for the Ann Arbor Station Environmental Review ($189,882.46)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration is a resolution authorizing Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with URS Corporation Great Lakes Inc. (URS) for additional environmental review and public engagement effort for the Ann Arbor Station Environmental Review. Council Resolution R-13-321 approved a professional services agreement with URS for conceptual design and environmental review services for the Ann Arbor Station Environmental Review Project for $761,791.40, plus a contingency of $63,083.74. This amendment will bring the total amount of the contract with URS to $951,673.86, which will be funded with the full amount of the prior contingency plus $126,798.72 of additional money from the project budget in the Major Grant Programs fund (00MG).
The original scope of work for this agreement included environmental review for one "preferred alternative" in accordance with the Federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This contract amendment is needed to support a scope that includes preparing a NEPA document for multiple locations for a passenger rail station as is being required by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the federal agency administering the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) program funding this effort.
The additional scope items to be performed at the request of the FRA include:
* Additional public participation, including an additional round of Leadership Advisory Group (LAG) and Citizen work Group (CWG) meetings. The additional meetings will include: An update on project developments since May 2015; notification that an environmental assessment (EA) will be performed for four alternatives emerging from the alternatives analysis (AA); presentations to the LAG and CWG on information regarding t...
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