HomeMy WebLinkAbout16046 1 RESOLUTION NO. 16,046
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
4 INTO A CONTRACT WITH MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL, IN
5 AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND,
6 TWO HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($515,248.00), FOR THE
7 DESIGN OF THE BOWMAN ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, PHASE
8 2, CHERRY LAUREL DRIVE TO BRODIE CREEK; AND FOR OTHER
9 PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, Resolution No. 15,818 (November 15, 2022) expressed the willingness of the City of
12 Little Rock, Arkansas, to utilize Federal-Aid Surface Transportation Program Funds from Metroplan and
13 the Arkansas Deaprtment of Transportation (ArDOT) for the Bowman Road Road Improvement Project,
14 Phase 2,and authorized the execution of all appropriate agreements and contracts necessary to expedite the
15 project; and,
16 WHEREAS, in December 2022,the City of Little Rock was awarded Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
17 ($400,000.00) in CARTS 2023 Surface Transportation Block Grant Funds by the Metroplan Board based
18 on the City's application for these funds to provide engineering design and environmental clearance
19 documentation for the Bowman Road Improvement Project, Phase 2; and,
20 WHEREAS, an Agreement of Understanding has been executed between the City of Little Rock,
21 Metroplan, and ArDOT, and the City of Little Rock has requested to utilize one of ArDOT's approved
22 on-call consultants; and,
23 WHEREAS, Michael Baker International was selected from ArDOT's approved list of on-call
24 consultants as having specialized knowledge of the Bowman Road Corridor based their previous Corridor
25 Study for the City of Little Rock.
26 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
27 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
28 Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with Michael Baker
29 International for Engineering Consultant Services in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Fifteen
30 Thousand, Two Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars ($515,248.00), for the Bowman Road Improvement Project,
31 Phase 2,Cherry Laurel Drive to Brodie Creek.
32 Section 2. Funding for the project is Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) maximum from
33 the Federal-Aid Surface Transportation Block Grant Program with a match of One Hundred Fifteen
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1 Thousand,Two Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars($115,248.00)from the Street Fund Special Project,Account
2 No. TS40C34.
3 Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
4 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
5 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
6 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of the
7 resolution.
8 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same,that are inconsistent with
9 the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
10 ADOPTED: July 18,2023
11 _ T. APPROVED:
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14 us.n . g ey City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., Ma or
15 APPR i D AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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18 Thomas M. Carpenter,City Attorn
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