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Resolution to Approve Professional Services Agreement with Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. for Engineering for the Allen Creek Railroad Berm Opening Feasibility Study (RFP No. 826; $50,000.00)
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Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to approve a Professional Services Agreement in the amount of $50,000.00 with Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. (OHM) for professional engineering services for the Allen Creek Railroad Berm Opening Feasibility Study. Funds are available in the Approved FY13 Stormwater Capital Budget for this study.
To select the most qualified consulting firm a request for proposals was posted to the Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network (MITN) BidNet® website. In response to our request, six consulting teams submitted proposals to perform the work. A selection committee comprised of City of Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County staff reviewed and selected two firms to interview. After interviews were conducted, OHM (along with sub-consultant Bergmann Associates), was selected as the most qualified firm based on their professional qualifications, their past involvement with similar projects, their proposed work plan, their competitive fee schedule and their interview. OHM received Living Wage approval on April 23, 2012 and Contract Compliance approval on September 21, 2012.
An overview of the project is summarized below:
The railroad berm near the outlet of Allen Creek is oriented perpendicular to the overland flow of the creek and causes the floodplain depth to be as deep as 10 feet. In addition, the area upstream of the berm experiences flood depths typically in the 3 to 5-foot range. In March of 2007, the City of Ann Arbor adopted a Flood Mitigation Plan that specifies 56 specific mitigation objectives or recommendations. One of the objectives recommended a study of the Allen Creek railroad berm:
Mitigation Objective
Project 51: Railroad Berm Fill Removal
Examine ways to remove the berm located between Depot St. and...
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