Title
Resolution to Approve a Construction Contract with the Doan Construction Company for the 2019 Sidewalk Gap Elimination Project ($602,002.65)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution that approves a construction contract between the Doan Construction Company in the amount of $602,002.65 and the City of Ann Arbor for the 2019 Sidewalk Gap Elimination Project.
Project Description
This project consists of filling two significant sidewalk gaps that exist within the City of Ann Arbor. Once these projects are completed, the sidewalk system along Jackson and Washtenaw Avenues will essentially be complete throughout the entire City of Ann Arbor and well into the City of Ypsilanti.
The first gap to be completed as a result of this project will be along the south side of Washtenaw Avenue from Huron Parkway to Pittsfield Boulevard. The planned construction will build a 12-foot wide non-motorized path along the north edge of the existing service drive within the project limits. The design is consistent with the City's approved Non-motorized Transportation Plan. In order to best-fit the path into the area, the existing parking lot will be reduced in "width" in order to save many of the existing street trees in this area. The parking lot will remain in service during construction and function in the same capacity after the project has been constructed. Six parking spaces will be added as a result of the project.
The second gap to be completed is the lengthy sidewalk gap that exists along Jackson Avenue from just west of Westover Avenue to Park Lake Avenue along the south side of the eastbound lanes of Jackson Avenue. This project will construct a 5-foot wide sidewalk about 15 feet south of the south edge line of the existing roadway.
Both the non-motorized path and the sidewalk have been carefully laid out such that they minimize disturbance to as many of the natural features and trees within the project areas as possible while ...
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