DATE: February 24, 2015
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
David Parker, City Engineer/CIP Executive
Paul Holzen, Director of Engineering
Jonathan Marston, Staff Engineer 3
SUBJECT:
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*Consideration of the DRAFT Professional Services Agreement (COF Contract No. 2015-0052) with Sullivan Engineering, Inc. for the Final Design of the East McEwen Drive Phase 4 Improvements, from Cool Springs Boulevard to Wilson Pike, in an amount not to exceed $713,000.00.
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Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning COF Contract No. 2015-0052, a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Sullivan Engineering, Inc. (SEI) for the final design of the East McEwen Drive Phase 4 Improvements, from Cool Springs Boulevard to Wilson Pike (COF Contract No. 2015-0052).
Background
On November 9, 2004, the BOMA approved a professional services agreement with Sullivan Engineering, Inc. (SEI) for preliminary design and right-of-way plans production for this project. The original limits of the project were from the roundabout at Cool Springs Boulevard/Oxford Glen Drive to the intersection at Wilson Pike (SR-252). During the past decade, East McEwen Drive traffic has more than quadrupled, from 1,471 vehicles per day (VPD) in 2004 to 6,506 VPD in 2013. Since 2007, the City of Franklin has made a significant investment in our roadways along the McEwen Drive corridor. These project and their completion dates are listed below:
2007 West/East McEwen Drive, completed as a 4-lane median divided roadway, from Mallory Lane to Carothers Parkway, including a single-point urban interchange (SPUI) at I-65
2012 East McEwen Drive, completed as a 4-lane median roadway, from Carothers Parkway to roundabout at Cool Springs Boulevard/Oxford Glen Drive
2013 East McEwen Drive Temporary Connector, completed as fourth and final leg to existing ...
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