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Transportation Department recommending Chairman be authorized to sign Amendment I to Agreement for Services AGMT 05-967 with Dowling Associates, Inc. increasing compensation by $200,000 to $700,000 for the term April 4, 2006 through April 3, 2008, and amending other articles of the contract to conform to current contract standards to provide as-needed traffic engineering and transportation planning services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
FUNDING: Dowling Associates will be working on several different projects on an on-call basis under the task order process. Funds for this amendment will come from the various Capital Improvement Program projects funded through traffic impact fees or through time and material billings against development projects.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $200,000.00
Funding
Budgeted $200,000.00
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $200,000.00
Change To Net County Cost $-0-
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: This Amendment provides for $200,000 additional compensation for a total not-to-exceed Agreement amount of $700,000. There is no cost to the County General Fund.
Background: The Board of Supervisors approved Professional Services Agreement AGMT 05-967 with Dowling Associates on April 4, 2006 providing the Department with on-call traffic engineering and transportation planning services in support of General Plan implementation efforts and in support of projects included in the County’s Capital Improvement Program administered by DOT. Services also include review of traffic reports for discretionary applications.
The Department has conducted a continuous recruitment for a Senior Civil Traffic Engineer to support a variety of in-house traffic issues, including some of the type of work Dowling Associates has provided. The complexity of traffic engineering required to develop traffic models and to develop, imple...
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