R2023-147 Resolution Authorizing Supplement #1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Alfred Benesch & Company for the Comprehensive Operations Analysis Project City Project DPTS 2022-05

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TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT No. July 17th, 2023 TO: Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe and City Council Members FROM: Scot Wrighton, City Manager Jon Kindseth, Deputy City Manager Lacie Elzy, Transportation Services Director SUBJECT: Resolution Authorizing Supplement#1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Alfred Benesch & Co. for the Comprehensive Operations Analysis Project DPTS 2022-05. SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign and the City Clerk to attest to the following item: 1. City Resolution authorizing Supplement#1 to the professional services agreement between the City of Decatur and Alfred Benesch & Co. to perform the Comprehensive Operations Analysis (bus route study)project. The supplemental fee is $13,759.00 for a total project fee of$203,570.00 with the entirety of the project being reimbursed by State (IDOT) and Federal (FTA) funds. BACKGROUND: Transportation Services was awarded IDOT planning grant to undertake a Comprehensive Operations Analysis (COA),known internally as the route study. The purpose of the COA is to examine and evaluate the transit system to determine where improvements can be made to make our transit operations more effective and efficient across the network. The COA will analyze our operations data, rider input, staff input, community and stakeholder needs to draft recommendations on how and where our resources should be intensified, reallocated, or discontinued. This will include recommendations on a new fixed-route bus system that incorporates microtransit operations. The current contract value for Alfred Benesch & Co. is $189,811.00. The reason for the fee increase includes the following: 1. Subcontracting with Urban Transportation Associates, Inc to lease and install Automatic Passenger Counters (APC) on the DPTS fleet. 2. APC Data Transfer 3. Collect and analyze the real-time stop level data over 8 weeks. 4. Project Support including reference file setup, samplings, deployments.