Title
Approving a professional services supplemental agreement with LJA Engineering, Inc., in the amount of $126,247.50 to perform work related to Traffic Signal Improvement Implementation, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same.
Summary
The City of Pflugerville was awarded Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) grant funds (from TxDOT) of $2,660,866 to construct Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements at 15 intersections throughout the city. The improvements include adding accessible pedestrian signal countdown signal indicators, new and revised ADA ramps, new or upgraded signal poles and units, conduit, wiring, and battery backup units, new and revised pavement markings, and revised traffic signal timing to create adequate pedestrian crossing time and leading pedestrian intervals. The addition of Internally Luminated Street Name (ILSN) signs is also included in the scope.
This professional services supplemental agreement (PSSA) #2 has LJA Engineering, Inc continue from their initial engineering evaluation for the ADA intersection improvements (used to submit the TxDOT grant) to final preliminary schematic and engineering (PS&E) design. The cost incurred by the city for these engineering services contributes to the required 20% local participation match for the grant.
Prior City Council Action
City Council approved a Professional Services Agreement with LJA Engineering, Inc. in the amount of $258,460.00 for engineering services September 27, 2022 with a scope focused on traffic signal implementation (a citywide scope beyond just the 15 intersections identified for ADA improvements for the TASA grant), and a professional supplemental services agreement (PSSA) #1 in amount of $22,855.69 on October 25, 2022 to add additional traffic signal timing and engineering services to the agreement scope.
City Council approved the resolution in support of the TASA grant application on May 23, 2023 and approved the Advanced Funding Agr...
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