Staff requests that City Council considers awarding a professional engineering services contract to DOWL in the amount of $573,668.75 for design, bidding and construction administration services on W.O. 20-12: S. 32nd St. W. (King Ave. W. to BBWA).  The project consists of reconstructing part of S. 32nd Street West between King Avenue West and the BBWA. The cross-section will be determined during design but it is anticipated that it will be a 3-lane road with two travel lanes and a two-way-left-turn-lane.  Other improvements include a trail connection from King Avenue West to the TransTech Center likely on the west side and sidewalk on the east side up to the BBWA bridge, curb and gutter, street lights, and intersection improvements at 32nd Street West and King Avenue West determined during design. A thirty percent design will be completed on the south side of the BBWA bridge to Gabel Road for alignment and grade to verify that the road in the future south project will match this project at the BBWA bridge. The preliminary design on the south side will also give staff time to address major road fill and right-of-way issues that will likely be required with a future project from the bridge to Gabel Road.

DOWL was selected based on City staff review of four project proposals submitted by prequalified firms that have considerable arterial road reconstruction experience. The other firms considered for the work were KLJ, Sanderson Stewart, and HDR.

City Council may:

• Award the professional engineering services contract to DOWL, or;
• Disapprove award of the professional engineering services contract to DOWL.  If the project is not completed, the road will continue to degrade and operate at a low level of service.

FY 2020 Budget Amount	$400,000
Previously Encumbered	$0
This contract	$573,668.75
Remaining Budget	($173,668.75)

Funding for this project has been approved by City Council in the FY20 budget. The original budget was based on design and construction administration for the section from King Ave W to the BBWA.  It was determined that it would be advantageous to do a preliminary design for the section of road from the BBWA to Gabel to define the right of way that would be required.  The right of way will need to be acquired before that section of road can be constructed.  Also, staff would like to add the design and construction of the multimodal facilities for the BBWA to Gabel section to this project.  Savings from deferring the Monad and 19th/20th Intersection project will be used to cover the budget shortfall.  The project will use arterial and sidewalk assessment funds.
 

Staff recommends that the City Council award a professional engineering services contract for the design and construction administration of W.O. 20-12: S. 32nd St. W. (King Ave. W. to BBWA) to DOWL, in the amount of $573,668.75.