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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg 2003-11-03 Item 6B - Contract - Parking & Transportation Impacts of Sound Transit Link Light Rail with Charles River Associates for $25,000Original Sponsor: Timeline: Sponsor's Summary: Recommendations: Sponsor: Committee: Administration: I Cost Impact (if known): I Fund Source (if known): Meeting Date 10/27/03 Meeting Date 10/27/03 1 1/3/ 0 1 ITEM INFORMATION CAS Number: 03-137 I Original Agenda Date 10/27/03 Agenda Item Title: Contract with Charles River Associates Merin from c COUNCIL AGENDA Sy vOPSIS Staff Memo CAP Minutes Initials Meetin Date 1 Prepared kx 1 Mayor's review! Council review 10/27/03 1 SL// 1 ,w4 1 G. //M3/O 1 I. I I I I 1 1 I Council Admin. X Charles River Associates has been a consultant to the City for the past two years providing technical review of the parking and transportation related impacts of the Link Light Rail project. Attached is a new contract for your consideration. It is structured as a time and materials contract with a not to exceed amount of $25,000. Forward to COW Not to exceed $25,000 000.08.558.600.41 Planning Division Professional Services RECORD OF COUNCIL ACTION Action Discussed -at COW: forwarded to 11/3/03 Rea. Mta for final anti nn *SEE 10/27 oacket fnr mini -rant* APPENDICES Attachments Proposed Contract with Charles River Associates Tanra.st Anted 10/21/0?. r&n m dated 10/14 ITEM NO. b TO: Mayor Mullet Committee of the Whole v.l FROM: Steve Lancaster, DCD Director RE: Proposed Contract with Charles River Associates DATE: October 21, 2003 BACKGROUND Dan Brand of' Charles River Associates has been a consultant to the City for the past two years. 'He has provided technical review of the parking and transportation related impacts of the proposed Link Light Rail project. The original contract amount has been exhausted, however the project has continued to evolve and so the need for his expertise is ongoing. PROPOSED CONTRACT We have drafted a new contract for your consideration, see attached. It is structured as a time and materials contract with a not to exceed amount of $25,000. This is appropriate because the scope of work is to respond to Sound Transit's proposals and aid in the City's parking requirement determination for the 154 Street Station park and ride rather than to produce a specific product. COMMITTEE ACTION Reviewed the draft contract and sent it to the COW for consideration. REOUESTED ACTION Send the contract to the full Council for fmal approval. Q:U.ight RaiharandCOW.DOC MEMORANDUM Page 1 Community and Parks Committee October 14, 2003 Present: Joan Hernandez, Chair; Jim Haggerton, Joe Duffle Keith Haines, Evie Boykan, Mike Sweeney, Bruce Fletcher, Rhonda Berry, Lucy Lauterbach, Curt Treadwell 1. Regional Affordable Housing The State passed legislation in the last Session that allocates new funding for affordable housing from a small surcharge on any property transactions. An interlocal with its agreement for spending funds is needed to adhere to the legislation which states that the funds are to be administered "according to an interlocal agreement between the county and the cities within the county". 40% of the funds will be allocated to the State, and Counties cities) will get 60 In King County there will be three sub regions: South King, Seattle, and North/East King County. Another goal of the legislation is that both existing and future needs for affordable housing be addressed. Acquisition, rehabilitation and new construction are the highest priority, then transitional housing operations and maintenance, and then funds for emergency shelters. The process will use County administration so the overhead costs will be low. Tukwila already participates on the HOME Working Group, which will be used to recommend funding projects to the Joint Recommendations Committee. A member from Seattle will be added to the HOME group, since they are not currently represented there. The funds will be used to help house people who are at or below the 50% of median income. Need shall be determined by the 2000 census of people paying over 30% of their income for housing. Planning to meet future affordable housing needs will also need to be included in the funding. Recommend interlocal agreement to Regular Meeting. 2. Contract with Charles River Associates Dan Brand who works for Charles River Associates is one of the foremost experts in the country about transit ridership issues. He has worked on the City's behalf on Sound Transit issues about parking on S. 154 A new contract for his work is $25,000 to help peer review Sound Transit's proposals about parking that are based on their ridership forecasts. Recommend contract to COW. 3. Interactive Voice Response Telephones Permit staff has been using an automated computer program called Permits Plus to track permits. This year's budget included funding to upgrade to a voice response telephone program whereby contractors or people doing permit work can call the system at any time to request an inspection, cancel inspection requests, and hear the results of inspections. The committee wanted to be sure people didn't have to use the system if they preferred to talk to a person, which Steve said they could do. Steve thought it would make customers happy, as well as be easier on staff. Recommend agreement for system to COW. 4. Foster Golf Course Work In April the City let a contract for work on the golf course to be done in conjunction with the clubhouse work. Holes 1, 2, 8, and 9 and the teaching and practice greens were all improved, and the grass is starting to grow on all of them. Mike said the project was completed within budget, though there were five change orders. The change orders had mostly to do with irrigation and soils condition, and some were related to the dirt left over from the clubhouse that the contract had to find a new use for because it came later than originally expected. The final contract price was $354, 660.80. Recommend acceptance of Golf Course nroiect as complete to consent agenda of a Regular Meeting.