To approve an expenditure for engineering professional services for Screening Wall Replacement – Parkwood Boulevard, Nassau Drive, and Willow Bend Drive, Project No. 7462, in the amount of $468,830 from Halff Associates, Inc. for the Engineering Department; and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents. Approved

The Engineering Department recommends approval of an expenditure in the amount of $468,830 for engineering professional services from Halff Associates, Inc., for the Screening Wall Replacement – Parkwood Boulevard, Nassau Drive, and Willow Bend Drive. This project includes design and construction of 4,495 linear feet of screening wall and sidewalks in the Willow Bend Estates neighborhood.  The total expenditure is for $468,830.

Halff Associates, Inc. was deemed most qualified based on their Statement of Qualifications submission for RFQ No. 2021-0377-XR.

The benefit of this project includes the reconstruction of deteriorating neighborhood screening walls and sidewalks.

Not approving the expenditure would result in continued deterioration of neighborhood infrastructure, including screening walls and sidewalks, resulting in increased maintenance costs and a reduction of the quality of life for neighboring residents.

Funding for this item is available in the 2021-22 Street Improvement CIP and is planned for 2022-23, as well.  Professional design services for the Screening Wall Replacement - Parkwood Boulevard, Nassau Drive, and Willow Bend Drive project, in the total estimated amount of $468,830, will leave a current year balance of $120,000 for future project expenditures.

Approval of this item will support the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor of being an Excellent, Innovative, and Accountable City Government.