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Resolution to Approve a Professional Service Agreement with DLZ Michigan, Inc. ($104,564.68) and Establish a Project Budget for the 2018/2019 Bridge Inspection Program ($140,000.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to approve a professional services agreement with DLZ Michigan, Inc. (DLZ) in the amount of $104,564.68 for the 2018/2019 Bridge Inspection Program. This resolution also establishes the project budget of $140,000.00 for this work.
In order to perform this project, approximately 150 staff hours are expected to be expended during the course of the two-year project. These hours will be utilized for tasks such as coordination of project work with various City Service Units or outside agencies (such as the University of Michigan or the DDA); review of various consultant work products and inspection reports; planning and scoping future bridge work; preparation of Local Bridge Program Funding applications; maintaining FHWA/MDOT required bridge files and information regarding each structure; and, other related tasks.
Budget/Fiscal Impact: Funds for this work have been approved in the Operation and Maintenance Budgets of the Major Streets Fund (Fund 0021) and the Sewage Disposal Fund (Fund 0043.)
The Major Streets fund will interim finance the work of inspecting the privately-owned structures for which the City is responsible to inspect. Upon completion of the work, the Major Street Fund will be reimbursed for the actual costs of the inspection and project administration by the appropriate City fund or outside agency.
The project includes the inspection and evaluation of thirteen City bridges, the Fifth Avenue Parking Structure (the portion under South Fifth Avenue that is considered a bridge), and the University of Michigan's tunnel under Huron Parkway. These inspections will occur over the course of the next two years.
The project also includes the inspection, evaluation, and load rating of six bridges...
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