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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Issue An Authorization To Proceed For Additional Services For Engineering Design And Permitting With Bermello Ajamil And Partners, Inc. For The Avant Garde Academy Safe Route To Schools Project, A Florida Department Of Transportation Local Agency Program Project, In An Amount Up To $18,600.00, For A Total Contract Amount Of $139,980.00.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
On December 14, 2016, the City Commission approved R-2016-347, authorizing the appropriate City officials to apply for and, if awarded, accept the 2016 Florida Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School Grant. The grant application was based on a City-estimated cost of $500,000.00 for the construction of the new sidewalks. The proposed sidewalks will stretch over 13,225 linear feet around various streets within the North Central neighborhood west of the Avant Garde Academy in Hollywood.
On June 7, 2017, the Florida Department of Transportation ("FDOT") issued an award approving funding for the Avant Garde Academy Safe Route To Schools Project in the amount of $983,393.00 in fiscal years 2020 and 2022 for the construction of new concrete sidewalks in existing street rights-of-way leading to schools in areas where sidewalks presently do not exist.
FDOT based the grant award on their own Long Range Estimating template for similar projects five years into the future, and on their estimate which they believe to be representative of the cost of the project. The project scope remains the same and the City would be responsible for any cost overruns. The higher FDOT estimate helps to keep the possibility of project cost overruns lower.
On March 1, 2022, a Local Agency Program ("LAP") Agreement, (Contract No.G2675) was entered into by the City and FDOT...
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