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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 18, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-n <br /> SUBJECT: Professional Engineering Contract — Transit Access Sidewalk for Orange <br /> Grove Road <br /> DEPARTMENT: Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Service Contract — WSP Orange Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Director, <br /> Grove Road Sidewalk PE 919-245-2007 <br /> 2. Example Municipal Agreement for <br /> Sidewalk PE <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a Professional Engineering (PE) contract and authorize the County <br /> Manager to sign a municipal agreement for a Transit Access Sidewalk along Orange Grove Road. <br /> BACKGROUND: On April 23, 2024, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization (DCHC MPO) Board approved federal funding for professional engineering (PE) <br /> work — a prerequisite necessary to build a sidewalk along Orange Grove Road. The federal <br /> funding is through the Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) program and is part of the <br /> DCHC MPOs Locally Administered Project (LAP) managed by the project sponsor, Orange <br /> County. <br /> Project Scope: <br /> • Sign and Seal Engineering drawings, construction estimates, and other documents necessary <br /> for future bid process. <br /> • Project Location - 1.07 mile sidewalk along the northwest side of Orange Grove Road <br /> • Project Limits - Existing sidewalk near Efland Boulevard in Hillsborough to first driveway at <br /> Cedar Ridge High School along Grady Brown School Road <br /> Orange County Transportation Services (OCTS) will conduct the local management and <br /> administration of the contract, including paying the full project cost of $250,000, and reimbursing <br /> the County $200,000 in federal STBG funds. The remaining $50,000 is the local match required <br /> for STBG funds. OCTS will use its On-Call Service contract with WSP, an engineering firm, to <br /> perform the work. The cost requires Board of County Commissioner (BOCC) approval of the <br /> contract and it will be included as an addendum to the On-Call Service contract. WSP has <br /> provided a Scope of Work to go with the contract (Attachment 1). <br /> In addition to the Service Contract, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) <br /> requests a Municipal Agreement necessary to conduct work on this project. Attachment 2 is an <br /> example of a Municipal Agreement. NCDOT will provide at some point in the near future a <br /> Municipal Agreement specific to this project as it is approved in the current State Transportation <br /> Improvement Program (STIP) and has a TIP number of BL-0139. Upon completion of PE, OCTS <br />