DATE: June 6, 2017
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Paul Holzen, City Engineer/Director of Engineering
Jonathan Marston, Assistant Director of Engineering
David Hodnett, Staff Engineer 2
SUBJECT:
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*Consideration of a Professional Services Agreement (COF Contract No. 2017-0125) with Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. for the Preliminary Engineering - National Environmental Policy Act Phase of the East McEwen Drive Phase 4 Improvements Project (TDOT PIN 125418.00) in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $125,071.96
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Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) for the Preliminary Engineering - National Environmental Policy Act (PE-NEPA) phase of the East McEwen Drive Phase 4 Improvements Project.
Background
In 2004, the City of Franklin contracted with Sullivan Engineering, Inc. (SEI) to provide the preliminary engineering design of [East] McEwen Drive, between Cool Springs Boulevard/Oxford Glen Drive and Wilson Pike (SR-252.) Since that time, the City has further contracted with SEI to provide final engineering and construction plans for this project. Those final plans are nearing completion.
As a part of the 2040 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), developed by the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the City requested federal funding for the East McEwen Drive Phase 4 Improvements Project. From projects listed in the 2040 RTP, the MPO developed the fiscal year (FY) 2017-2020 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which allocates federal transportation dollars to the many MPO member agencies. Included in this recently approved TIP is $10,000,000 in Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funds for the East McEwen Drive project. While the MPO prioritizes and allocates federal funds to the transportation pro...
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