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<br /> <br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR <br /> COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br /> JANUARY 4, 2011 <br /> TITLE: APPROVED <br /> Q As Recommended <br /> AGREEMENT WITH AECOM FOR Q As Amended <br /> E3 Ordinance on 1' Reading <br /> ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE E3 Ordinance on 2 - Reading <br /> SANTA ANA BOULEVARD GRADE Il Implementing Resolution <br /> SEPARATION (PROJECT NO. O Set Public Hearing For <br /> 106727) <br /> CONTINUED TO <br /> 7~71~ FILE NUMBER <br /> CI MANAGER <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement with <br /> AECOM, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney for <br /> engineering and environmental services related to the Santa Ana Boulevard Grade Separation <br /> Project in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> Santa Ana Boulevard is a six-lane east-west principal arterial and carries in excess of 20,000 <br /> vehicles per day. Within the City, the OCTA Metrolink RR is a north-south, two-track railroad. At <br /> the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) this railroad serves Metrolink, Amtrak, <br /> Union Pacific (UP), and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), which connects freight and <br /> residents of central Orange County with the outlying areas of nearby regions, including Los <br /> Angeles, the Inland Empire, San Diego and beyond. Due to increasing demand for inter- and <br /> intracounty rail services resulting from growth in population and employment in the surrounding <br /> areas, a grade separation at Santa Ana Boulevard and the OCTA Metrolink RR is required to <br /> alleviate the current and potential traffic impacts and hazards posed by the existing at-grade rail <br /> crossing. <br /> City staff, in conjunction with OCTA, secured $1,500,000 for the preparation of a Project Study <br /> Report Equivalent (PSRE) and conceptual engineering plans for the Santa Ana Boulevard Grade <br /> Separation Project. The funding is a combination of Measure M Transit and Regional Surface <br /> Transportation Program (RSTP) funds. Since the RSTP funds are federal, the procurement of <br /> consultant services requires following the guidelines set forth in the Local Assistance Procedures <br /> Manual, a Caltrans publication. For consultant contracts in excess of $250,000, a pre-award <br /> audit is required for the highest rated firm to determine the Consultant's accounting, estimating, <br /> administrative systems, proposed costs, financial condition, and the proposed contract language. <br /> Staff released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for these engineering services. Qualified firms <br /> were contacted and six firms submitted proposals. Personnel from the Public Works Agency <br /> 25G-1 <br />