Staff is requesting that City Council consider awarding a professional engineering services contract to KLJ Engineering, in the amount of $226,099 for design and construction administration services for WO 20-15: Wicks Lane Improvements. This project includes improvements to approximately 2,700-feet of Wicks Lane between Bench Boulevard and Hawthorne Lane.  Improvements will include a widened road section, curb, gutter, and sidewalk, storm drain infrastructure, ADA improvements, private utility relocates, and upgrades to the Kiwanis Trail crossing at Wicks Lane.  KLJ was selected from proposals.  Other firms that submitted were HDR, DOWL and Sanderson Stewart.

City Council may:

• Approve awarding the professional engineering services contract to KLJ Engineering, or;
• Not approve awarding the professional engineering services contract to KLJ Engineering. If the project is not awarded the corridor will not receive necessary pedestrian safety improvements and the existing pavement surface will continue to deteriorate.

Budgeted Amount (Originally 19th/20th and Monad)	$3,000,000
Previously Encumbered	$0
This contract	$226,099
Budget Remaining	$2,773,901

The Monad/19th and 20th intersection was included in the FY20 budget.  After the preliminary intersection study, it was determined that the intersection was operating at a higher level than anticipated and improvements could be delayed for several years.  Staff determined that moving Wicks Lane forward could be accomplished and would be beneficial.  Arterial construction fees will be used for the project. 

Staff recommends that City Council award a professional engineering services contract for the design and the construction administration of WO 20-15: Wicks Lane Improvements to KLJ Engineering in the amount not to exceed $226,099.