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Consider approving Resolution No. 2025-177 authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the West Side Art Trail Construction Phase Hourly Services in the amount of $225,000; and take appropriate action.
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REQUESTOR:
Public Works Department
BACKGROUND:
Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. has been engaged for the West Side Art Trail project for nearly a decade, providing professional services and ensuring continuity throughout its planning and design phases. As the project now advances towards the construction phase, additional professional services are required to assist the City in oversight, coordination, and documentation. This agreement is an important investment that helps safeguard the City's eligibility for over $4.5 million in federal reimbursements by ensuring compliance with TxDOT requirements.
DISCUSSION:
This agreement would authorize Kimley-Horn to provide construction phase services, ensuring the City receives comprehensive engineering support during project delivery. Their scope of services includes responding to contractor inquiries, reviewing shop drawings, evaluating substitutions, attending a preconstruction meeting and monthly progress meetings, and assisting with payment application reviews and construction schedule evaluations. Kimley-Horn will also coordinate closely with City staff, contractors, franchise utilities, and TxDOT, while providing support with change orders as needed.
To protect the City's interests during construction, Kimley-Horn will conduct regular site visits, prepare observation reports, and facilitate substantial and final completion walkthroughs. They will also prepare record drawings documenting as-built conditions, assist with dispute resolution, and support project documentation to ensure compliance with TxDOT's Local Government Project Procedures (LGPP). These services are critical to meeting TxDOT's stringent requirements and secur...
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