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Transportation Department recommending Chairman be authorized to sign Amendment III to Agreement for Services AGMT 04-644 with Y & C Transportation Consultants, Inc., extending the term through June 30, 2008 and amending other articles of said contract to conform to current contract standards to provide traffic engineering and signal design services for said Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
FUNDING: Y & C Transportation Consultants, Inc. is working on several different projects on an on-call basis under the task order process. Funds for this amendment will come from 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 $0
Funding
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New Funding $
Savings $
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Total Funding Available $
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: Approval of this amendment will have no fiscal impact and will not result in any cost to the County General Fund.
Background: Services provided include peer reviews of traffic signal, lighting, signing, striping, and traffic control Plans and Specifications prepared by other consultants under the Discretionary Review process, preparation of traffic operations analyses to support roadway designs, and preparation of traffic signal, lighting, signing, striping and traffic control Plans & Specifications to support the Department’s Capital Improvement Projects.
The specialty services of a traffic signal design engineer are currently unavailable within the Department. Because these services will be utilized sporadically for specific projects under an authorizing Task Order system, it is neither cost effective nor time efficient to warrant the addition of permanent staff to complete the same work.
Reason for Recommendation: The Department of Transportation has contracted with Y ...
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