R99-150 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM NO. 99-210 . August 30, 1999 TO: Honorable Mayor Terry M. Howley and City Council Members FROM: James L. Williams, r., City Manager Cecil A. Collins, Jr., Director of Comm 'ty Development � Maac Forgey, AICP, Senior Planne Joselyn A. Collins, Transportation Pl er� SUBJECT: Amendment to the 2025 Long Range Transportation Plan Upon City Council approval,the attached resolution will authorize the execution of an amendment to an existing contract with Wilbur Smith Associates. Background.• On November 2, 1998, City Council authorized and directed the City Manager and the Director of Community Development to seek a qualified consultant to perform the study and other work described on the Request for Qualifications, regarding the Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study, and to negotiate a contract with such consultant for said study. In order for Decatur and Macon County to continue to receive Federal transportation funds within the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21a` Century (TEA-21), an updated and revised transportation plan must be developed. The project,when completed,will serve as the successor to the Long-Range Transportation Study: 1995-2014 which was adopted by the Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study (DUATS), Macon County's inter jurisdictional Metropolitan Planning Organization, in December 1994. A contract was awarded to Wilbur Smith Associates (WSA) by Council members on February 1, 1999 in an amount not to exceed$95,000. This project will be funded with an eighty percent(80%) match from IDOT and twenty percent(20%) local match. On February 10, 1999 DUATS charged WSA with the development of the 2025 Long Range Transportation Plan. The "Scope of Services"is comprised of three (3)phases and nine(9)tasks. Currently WSA is working diligently on Task S:Develop Traffic Model and Forecasts and Task 6: Prepare Alternative Solutions. In order for WSA to proceed with the further development of the plan it is necessary to modify their fees of a$90,000 to $105,300 an increase of$15,300.