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Consider approving Resolution No. 2024-124 authorizing the City Manager to execute a first amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Teague Nall & Perkins, Inc. for the design of the Denton Drive Trail Connector Project in the amount of $183,955; and take appropriate action.
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REQUESTER:
Public Works Department
BACKGROUND:
On March 19, 2019, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2019-032 authorizing a professional services agreement for preliminary design services for Denton Drive in the Station Area and traffic capacity assessment at two intersections in the DART Station Area. The initial work was completed and submitted as part of a grant application to the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) for federal funding consideration under the Congestion Mitigation Air Quality program. In November 2020, the NCTCOG Regional Transportation Council approved construction funding for this project for $2,641,715 with the City's required funding of $463,835. The limits of the approved project are from the south City limits to Rossford Road, which is one block north of Valley View Lane, and include the construction of a new trail in alignment with the project already in construction on Denton Drive from Pike Street to Dallas Stars' Driveway.
In December 2020, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2020-182, executing a professional services agreement with Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc. (TNP) for $310,200 for the trail design. In 2022, Staff was notified of potential funding from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and NCTCOG after the project was originally awarded to TNP for design. Those were the two AFAs that were taken to the Council in June 2024 for approval. The Denton Drive AFA was approved, but the Valley View AFA was denied. Both AFAs required road reconfiguration as part of the design scope. Now that we have the Council's direction regarding the design scope, the engineers can move forward with finishing th...
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