Approval of this item will authorize the City Manager to issue a purchase order in the amount of $1,626,298 to Olsson Associates for design services as part of the Noland Road Multimodal Corridor Project (No. 112402).

This project has been awarded federal funding from a RAISE grant in the amount $10.16 million.

This is a budgeted capital expense. 

The City has been awarded $10.16 million in federal funding from the Fiscal Year 2022 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (FY22 RAISE) Grant Program to support the Noland Road Multimodal Corridor project. This project will create approximately 1.7 miles of multimodal corridor along Noland Road from US 24 Highway to Fair Street. The scope of this project includes adding dedicated north and south bound bike lanes, replacement of more than 3 miles of derelict sidewalks into ADA compliance, push button pedestrian signals, and transit stop improvements.

In February 2023, staff issued a request for proposals (RFP #23009) requesting proposals from qualified engineering firms to perform a traffic study, prepare conceptual plans, preliminary engineering plans, right-of-way plans, legal description & exhibits, final plans, bid documents, and provide construction engineering services for the Noland Road Multimodal Corridor Project.

Staff received proposals from the following firms:

- Cook, Flatt & Strobel Engineers

- Crawford, Murphy, & Tilly, Inc.

- Veenstra & Kimm

- Olsson Associates

- Affinis Corporation

Staff selected Olsson Associates to perform these services based on their project understand, design approach, team experience, and staff availability and resources.

Staff have negotiated a scope and fee for these design services for an amount not to exceed $1,626,298 and have received concurrence from the Federal Highway Administration to proceed with the design phase of this project.