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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute A Consultant’s Authorization To Proceed With Atkins North America, Inc. To Provide Professional Consulting Services For The Continuation Of The City Of Hollywood’s Traffic Calming Program In An Amount Not To Exceed $166,368.00.
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilities
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The passage of the City’s General Obligation Bond in March of 2019 included provisions to set funding aside in the amount of $2,189,118.00 for the establishment of the City of Hollywood’s Traffic Calming Program. The City’s Engineering, Transportation & Mobility Division regularly receives numerous requests from residents throughout the City for Traffic Calming Devices to address speeding and cut-through traffic. These devices have been installed at numerous locations in the past. Phase I of the Traffic Calming Program has recently been completed and as a result, approximately sixty (60) local streets were evaluated through Resolution R-2020-056. There is a demonstrated and ongoing need to perform such studies in order to provide a safe environment along local streets throughout all of the neighborhoods in the City of Hollywood.
On December 19, 2018, the City Commission passed and adopted Resolution No. R-2018-400 that authorized the execution of continuing service contracts with five firms, one of which was Atkins North America, Inc. to provide professional engineering services for civil, landscape architecture and planning services.
Staff requested a proposal from Atkins North America, Inc. to provide engineering services for the Phase II of the City’s recently adopted Traffic Calming Program and to perform the studies necessary to evaluate and prioritize the various locations where traffic calming treatments could be effective to reduce vehicular speeds and cut-through traffic in previously identified neighborhoods. The firm subsequently produced a scope and staff-hour estimate for performing the associated work.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding for this project was included in the amended FY 2021 Capital Improvement Plan and is available in account number 333.149901.54100.563010.001185.000.000.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Azita Behmardi, P.E., City Engineer
Shiv Newaldass, Director of Development Services
Gus Zambrano, AICP, Assistant City Manager/Sustainable Development