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<br />REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br />Agenda Date Requested: <br /> <br /> <br />Appropriation <br /> <br />Requested By: <br /> <br />Capital Improvement <br /> <br />Department: <br /> <br />Account Number: <br /> <br />015-9892-893-1100 <br /> <br />Report: _Resolution: _Ordinance: 3- <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: <br /> <br />$75,889 <br /> <br />Exhibits: <br /> <br />Amount Requested: <br /> <br />$137,500 <br /> <br />Exhibits: <br /> <br />Bud eted Item: <br /> <br />YES X <br /> <br />NO <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br />At the City Council Retreat this past April, Council gave direction to proceed with the design of the <br />bicycle-pedestrian pathway along the south side of Fairmont Parkway from 8th Street to the eastern boundary of <br />La Porte at Willow Spring Gulley. The pathway, when completed, will provide an east-west connector between <br />the cities of La Porte and Pasadena, and also connect to the north-south routes along Bay Area Boulevard and S. <br />Broadway. <br />The City of La Porte has worked with the engineering firm of Huitt-Zollars, Inc. on several major <br />projects including the La Porte Police Department and the La Porte Wastewater facility, with excellent results. <br />Huitt-Zollars, Inc. has also performed design work and construction monitoring for the bicycle-pedestrian <br />pathway and bridge over Little Cedar Bayou, for the City of La Porte. The firm has many years of experience in <br />the design of transportation infrastructure, including bicycle-pedestrian ways. <br />Staff recommends approval of the ordinance authorizing the contract with Huitt-Zollars, Inc. for design <br />services for the bicycle-pedestrian pathway along the south side of Fairmont Parkway in the amount of <br />$137,500.00 including survey, abstracting, design, bidding, and construction monitoring services. <br /> <br /> <br />Action Required bv Council: <br />Consider approval of an Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract between the <br />f La Porte and Huitt-Zollars, Inc. in the amount of $137,500.00 for design services for the bicycle- <br />pedes 'an pathway along the south side of Fairmont Parkway, including survey, abstracting, design, bidding, <br />and co s . on monitoring services. <br /> <br />~/og <br />