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ORD-2025 - 009 � '? ' L 31) �i'Mrj` <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : March 18 , 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . 8 -e <br /> SUBJECT : Orange Grove Road Sidewalk Professional Engineering Services Contract and <br /> Approval of Budget Amendment V7 A <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 Professional 919 -245-2007 <br /> Engineering <br /> 2 . Year4o - Date Budget Summary <br /> PURPOSE . To approve an updated Professional Engineering Services contract for the Orange <br /> Grove Road Sidewalk project and approve Budget Amendment #7-A . <br /> BACKGROUND : At the June 18 , 2024 , Business meeting , the Orange County Board of County <br /> Commissioners approved a professional engineering services contract with WSP , a private firm , <br /> for the design and engineering of a sidewalk along Orange Grove Road in Hillsborough . The <br /> project extends from the existing sidewalk at Elfin Boulevard to the first driveway at Cedar Ridge <br /> High School on the northern side of the New Grady Brown School Road . With support from the <br /> Triangle West Transportation Planning Organization (TWPTO — and formerly the Durham - Chapel <br /> HilkCarrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization ) , Orange County has successfully incorporated <br /> this project into the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP ) . <br /> Subsequently , Orange County secured and executed a Municipal Agreement with the North <br /> Carolina Department of Transportation ( NCDOT) , enabling the County to recover 80 % of the <br /> project cost under the Locally Administered Project designation for STIP project BL-0139 . <br /> Additionally , on January 28 , 2025 , TWPTO approved an amendment to the project , granting <br /> Orange County an additional $250 , 000 to address rising project costs . In alignment with this <br /> Transportation Improvement Program amendment , Orange County Transportation Services is <br /> requesting Board of Commissioners ' approval to revise the original Orange Grove Road Sidewalk <br /> Professional Engineering contract amount from $ 200 , 000 to $450 , 000 . <br /> The original contract , approved by the Board of County Commissioners ( BOCC ) on June 18 , <br /> 2024 , included optional tasks . However, following discussions with the NCDOT , these tasks have <br /> been deemed necessary to achieve 100 % signed and sealed drawings . The total project cost has <br /> increased by $ 176 , 698 . 12 to reflect the transition of optional tasks to required tasks . <br /> • Task 9 — Right-of-Way Services : $ 67 , 600 <br /> • Task 10 — Utility Coordination : $ 56 , 082 . 59 <br /> • Task 11 — Bid Documents : $ 181040 . 87 <br />