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File #: ID 23-1611    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/30/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/16/2023 Final action: 11/16/2023
Title: Approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Sherwood Design Engineers, Inc. of Santa Cruz, California, in the amount of $62,217, for a total increased contract amount of $215,341, with a remaining contingency of $1,799, for professional engineering services for the Southwest Fresno Trail Project (Council District 3).
Sponsors: Capital Projects Department, Public Works Department
Attachments: 1. Second Amendment to Agreement, 2. Vicinity Map, 3. Original Agreement
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Director
Capital Projects Department

SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department

BY: JESUS AVITIA, PE, Assistant Director
Capital Projects Department, Transportation Project Management Division

BRANDON CHACON, Projects Administrator
Capital Projects Department, Transportation Project Management Division

SUBJECT
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Approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Sherwood Design Engineers, Inc. of Santa Cruz, California, in the amount of $62,217, for a total increased contract amount of $215,341, with a remaining contingency of $1,799, for professional engineering services for the Southwest Fresno Trail Project (Council District 3).

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RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends the City Council approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement dated December 17, 2021, with Sherwood Design Engineers in the amount of $62,217, increasing the total contract amount to $215,341, with a remaining contingency of $1,799, for the Southwest Fresno Trail Project, and to authorize the Capital Projects Director or designee to execute the Second Amendment to Agreement on behalf of the City of Fresno.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The City is proposing to construct a Class I Trail, with new trees, trail lighting and street lighting, along the Fanning Ditch Alignment with the Southwest Fresno Trail Project, from West Avenue to Thorne Avenue. The City entered into the Consultant Services Agreement with Sherwood Design Engineers, Inc., for the Southwest Fresno Trail Project, on December 17, 2021. As the project progressed, it was determined that converting the open channel portion of the Fanning No. 76 ditch between Fruit Avenue and Thorne Avenue to an underground pipeline would be mutually beneficial to the Fresno Irrigation District (FID) and the City. This Second Amendment to the Agreement includes additional design services in order to revise and finalize the trail ...

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