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Contract Amendment with DRMP for the South Greensboro Street Sidewalk Project
PURPOSE: The Town has an executed contract with DRMP, formerly Ramey Kemp & Associates, for the preparation of preliminary design and bid documents for the South Greensboro Street Sidewalk. The purpose of this agenda item is to authorize the Town Manager to execute a contract amendment to reflect additional work and to extend the project schedule.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning, Zoning, and Inspections
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
The South Greensboro Street sidewalk will provide improved pedestrian safety along a major north-south corridor in Carrboro. The project is included in the Comprehensive Plan as a priority project, advancing multimodal travel options and the Town's efforts toward climate action and race/equity. Pocket questions have been prepared for previous agenda items.
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Information
INFORMATION: The Town has a contract in place with DRMP to prepare preliminary design and associated bid documents for the South Greensboro Street sidewalk project (C-5650). Challenges associated with the design of the new water line required by the project has led to delays in the design process. The process has been further complicated by two aspects of the design: 1) the OWASA's policy for utility easements and access to infrastructure for maintenance which has required revisions to the design, and 2) NCDOT's resurfacing schedule and changing resurfacing boundaries. The NCDOT maintenance schedule comes into play with the request to resurface a segment of South Greensboro Street as part of the sidewalk project. The changing length of the resurfacing segment affects the environmental document necessitating modifications to the approved document and additional consultations with state agencies such as the State Historic Preservation Office. Staff ha...
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