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Request for Town Council to Approve an Increase in the Contract with Stantec for Services Associated with East Main Street Redesign Project
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Council to approve a contract increase for Stantec the consultant firm preparing the capacity analysis, pavement marking plans and signal plans for the East Main Street restriping project, as part of the preparation of a bid packet for completing the work in concert with NCDOT's scheduled resurfacing project.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning & Finance departments
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, 919-918-7325, cmoon@townofcarrboro.org; Patricia McGuire, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org; Cary McNallan, 919-918-7301, cmcnallan@townofcarrboro.org; Arche McAdoo, 919-918-7439, amcadoo@townofcarrboro.org.
INFORMATION: At the January 26, 2021 Town Council meeting, the Council received an update on the East Main Street restriping project which included information relating to an increase in project design costs (Town of Carrboro - Meeting of Town Council on 1/26/2021 at 7:00 PM (legistar.com)). A new project ordinance was provided and approved, but the source of additional funds to cover the project increase was not identified. The purpose of this item is to seek authorization to allocate a portion of the existing bicycle friendly community's budget to pay for the increase.
The East Main Street project is being added to the Town's Capital Improvement Program as a standalone project. Once design work is finalize and the project advertised, staff will bring back a future agenda item to consider selecting a contractor and executing a contact for construction. As noted in the transportation project updates item on April 6th, the implementation of the resurfacing will likely be delayed until the spring/summer of 2022 to allow OWASA time to complete pipe repairs in the East Main Street corridor.
FISCAL & STAFF IMPACT: Total project costs for design...
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