HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Change Order for Grand Avenue Extension Location and Environmental Studies RESOLUTION NO. 15-367
RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE ORDER TO ENGINEERING SERVICES
AGREEMENT FOR GRAND AVENUE
EXTENSION LOCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS,In preparation for a future project to extend Grand Avenue from Squaw Creek
Drive to South 16' Street and the realignment and extension of South 5th Street between South Duff
Avenue and Grand Avenue, location and environmental studies must first be performed for this
corridor, prior to transitioning into the sequential phases of project development outlined in the
current Capital Improvements Plan(CIP); and,
WHEREAS, the study area for this project consists of the extension of Grand Avenue and
two intersection improvement areas, including South 5th Street/South Duff Avenue and at South
16th Street and South Duff Avenue; and,
WHEREAS, the location and environmental studies scope focuses on the completion of
services and deliverables to provide project management assistance,development of a location study,
and necessary National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) documentation; and,
WHEREAS,a professional services agreement(PSA)for Grand Avenue Extension Location
and Environmental Studies was executed for Phase 1 between the City of Ames and Howard R.
Green of Johnston,Iowa,on August 26,2014,with the Iowa Department of Transportation(IDOT)
giving concurrence on September 2, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $315,150.23; and,
WHEREAS, due to the time line of this project and budgeting constraints for the Grand
Avenue Extension,both phases could not be funded when the original contract was signed; and,
WHEREAS, since that time, funding has been distributed over two fiscal years in the CIP
to cover both of the needed phases; therefore, it is now possible with this change order to proceed
through the completion of the NEPA process; and,
WHEREAS,the project study area includes a large portion of the floodway and fringe areas,
which has led to a goal to construct the proposed bridge and roadway at an elevation to prevent
overtopping during high-water events; and,
WHEREAS,therefore,the project scope is complex and will be completed over the course
of a 24-month period, which began in August 2014 and has an anticipated completion in August
2016; and,
WHEREAS, Phase 1 of this project is funded by $300,000 in General Obligation (G.O.)
Bonds and$103,806 in Federal Demonstration Funds that are included in the 2013/14 CIP; and,
WHEREAS,Phase 2 of this project is funded by$280,000 in G.O.Bonds in the 2015/16 CIP,
bringing total available funding to approximately$683,806; and,
WHEREAS, the change order is to increase the purchase order currently in place with
Howard R. Green by$265,861.35 for Phase 2 of this project, with the current funding showing to
be authorized in the 2015/16 CIP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the Change Order to the Engineering Services Agreement with Howard R. Green, Inc., of
Johnston,Iowa,in an amount not to exceed$265,861.35 for the Grand Avenue Extension-Location
and Environmental Studies is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 9t'day of June, 2015.
C-11�"W-1�a& A.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Nelson
Seconded by: Betcher
Voting aye: Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem
Voting nay: None Absent: Goodman
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 9tn day of June, 2015.