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Recommendation to Authorize the Acting City Manager to Execute a Third Amendment with Parsons Transportation Group, Inc., to Increase Compensation by $20,000 for a Total Not to Exceed $94,999, with the Option of Two One-Year Extensions with Compensation Not to Exceed $20,000 Per Year, for a Total Aggregate Compensation Not to Exceed $134,999, to Continue Providing Technical and Strategic Engineering Support for Major Transportation Projects. (Transportation 4227287)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Acting City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Authorize the Acting City Manager to Execute a Third Amendment with Parsons Transportation Group, Inc., to Increase Compensation by $20,000 for a Total Not to Exceed $94,999, with the Option of Two One-Year Extensions with Compensation Not to Exceed $20,000 Per Year, for a Total Aggregate Compensation Not to Exceed $134,999, to Continue Providing Technical and Strategic Engineering Support for Major Transportation Projects
BACKGROUND
In August 2016, the City's Base Reuse and Transportation Planning Department entered into a contract with Parsons Transportation Group, Inc., a well-respected engineering firm with experience in Alameda, to support the early development phases of major transportation projects, and the review of CEQA transportation documents. The City has extended the Parsons contract twice since 2016. Over the past 21 months, Parsons has provided invaluable on-call support that has helped the City obtain additional project funding and move major projects forward, including:
* Engineering concepts and cost estimates that supported the successful grant application for Clement Avenue East Extension/Tilden Way Project;
* Assistance working through the Caltrans process on the Central Avenue Complete Streets Project;
* On the Oakland Alameda Access Project, expertise in working on large capital projects with multiple agencies and development of creati...
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