R2022-200 Resolution Accepting the Proposal and Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement for Professional Services for the Transit Campus Master Plan with Richard L. Bowen & Associates, Inc.

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EXHIBIT A: PROPOSED SCOPE PART ONE TASKS access for pedestrians,bicyclists,vehicles and transit buses. • Connectivity—Effective transit requires streets to accommodate transit vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles.Urban focuses on both the pedestrian use and transit operations including an evaluation of bus turn radii and the impact on pedestrian access. • Universal Access—Our design focuses on both access within the transit facility as well as access from the surrounding areas.This includes evaluating boarding areas,sidewalk approaches and the interaction with adjacent businesses, crosswalks,pedestrian,bicycle,and vehicle separations. • Wayfinding—We can explore a mix of electronic and digital wayfinding to create a facility that is easy to navigate for staff and guests. Fueling The transit industry is constantly evolving to be more efficient and meet the needs of its passengers.Low emissions or zero emissions vehicles are trending as the future of transit agency vehicles.The conversion to CNG or electric bus fleet is a highly challenging endeavor for many agencies.Many maintenance facilities have been built to service diesel powered vehicles.These facilities will need to be renovated to meet these vehicles'unique maintenance requirements.Additionally,these vehicles require upgrades to the facility utility infrastructure.The Bowen Team understands these challenges and has been assisting transit agencies with planning and executing upgrades to their maintenance and multimodal facilities to meet the needs of the new vehicles.We will design with the future in mind and design the infrastructure and facilities to accommodate these fleet conversions with no to minimal rework of electrical,natural gas the building facilities improvements. MEP Systems Operations and maintenance budgets are always tight.Providing MEP systems design that are energy efficient and easy to maintain is our primary focus for institutional facility owners such as transit agencies.While first costs(capital)costs are critical to control,O&M costs for MEP systems can be 10 times the first cost over the 50-year life of the building. We will perform total life cycle cost analysis on different systems and work with Decatur to choose systems that meets its needs. Estimate Developing a reliable cost estimate requires several skills.Our approach is to conduct a technical interview with NV5,our estimating consultant,and the design team to establish preliminary project parameters.Further details and quantities are derived from the design documentation,programming analysis,sketches,etc.The main cost drivers are given the majority of the attention and no significant element is ever excluded.Historic cost data, from our own portfolio of work is also analyzed.A written"Basis of Estimate"explains the approach and methodology that serves as the foundation of the estimate's credibility.We will consolidate all the findings into a consolidated report with our recommendation for the best direction to go and why. PROPOSAL FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES I DECATUR TRANSIT MASTER PLAN Bowen CI I Y OF DECATUR,ILLINOIS 5