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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Cost-Sharing Agreement of design improvements for South Duff Avenue Access Safety Improvements Project RESOLUTION NO. 16-417 RESOLUTION APPROVING COST-SHARING AGREEMENT OF DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS FOR SOUTH DUFF AVENUE ACCESS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS, On December 22, 2015, staff provided an update to City Council on the progress of the South Duff Avenue Access project;work is to include a raised median along South Duff Avenue(U.S.Highway 69)from South 5th Street to the Squaw Creek Bridge(with drive-over at Howe's), a new signalized intersection at the existing Southpoint Centre drive that will connect into Walmart's parking lot,and a reconfiguring of Walmart's western parking area in order to create a westbound approach for the new intersection; and, WHEREAS, since that time, City staff and CGA, the City's engineering consultant, have been working with Walmart's realty department headquarters in Bentonville,Arkansas,to create a cross-access easement connecting the businesses along the east side of South Duff Avenue; and, WHEREAS,Walmart provided its standard language for cross-access that is currently under review by the affected businesses along the easement route on the east side for comment; and, WHEREAS, the coordination with Walmart also included developing a cost-sharing agreement for design and construction among the City,Walmart, and Hunziker Development; and, WHEREAS,the cost-sharing agreement details a one-third split for the local match among the City, Walmart, and Hunziker, and it is expected that $850,000 in Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) grants will be applied to the total estimated project cost of $1,100,000 leaving, the required local match estimated at $250,000; and, WHEREAS, after reviewing the final draft of the agreement, Walmart and Hunziker now fully support moving forward with the project; however, it is Walmart's desire to have the cost- sharing agreement based upon actual costs and not based upon a proportional share; and, WHEREAS, this would require separate agreements for the project design and for construction; Hunziker has no objection to splitting the agreement into design and construction phases. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the cost-sharing agreement among the City of Ames, Walmart, and E-M Hunziker, LLC, for each party paying one-third of the design contract amendment for the South Duff Avenue Access Safety Improvements Project is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 12`'day of July, 2016. c4vz�v"�R--L(Aa� 4.540 dl C04-4"X� Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Nelson Seconded by: Gartin Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson Voting nay: None Absent: Betcher, Orazem Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 12"'day of July, 2016.