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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2013 - 74 <br />BY: Mayor Kennedy <br />A RESOL UTION A UTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO <br />AN AMENDED CONTRACT WITH URS CORPORATION - A FIRM <br />SELECTED THROUGH THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION <br />PROCESS - FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING TIIE SCOPE OF <br />DESIGN ENGINEERING SER VICES; FURTHER A UTHORIZING <br />THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AMENDED CONTRACT WITH URS <br />CORPORATION, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, City Council approved the application to the Ohio Department of <br />Transportation for safety funding to make improvements to Great Northern Boulevard <br />between Brookpark Road and Interstate 480. The City was successful in its application <br />and the Director of Planning and Development now requires design engineering services <br />for the project; and <br />WHEREAS, the administration recently went through a Request for <br />Qualifications process to identify the most qualified firm for the Citywide Signal System <br />project. URS met all ODOT prequalifications and was determined by the selection <br />committee to be the most qualified firm at a reasonable cost to provide the services. The <br />signal project and the Great Northern project will intersect in terms of signals, timing and <br />other changes proposed for Great Northern Boulevard. As URS was selected through a <br />recent RFQ process and as the two projects involve infrastructure in a common area of <br />the City, URS Corporation is best suited to provide the required services and ensure <br />coordination between the projects, NOACA and ODOT; and <br />WHEREAS, URS Corporation fee for design services is $136,737.00 (below the <br />estimated amount included in the application for funding), a copy of which proposal is <br />attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND S74 TE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That the Mayor be and he hereby is authorized to enter into an <br />amended contract with URS Corporation on its Citywide Signal System Project for the <br />purpose of including design services for the Great Northern Boulevard Safety Project. <br />SECTION 2: That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure <br />immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare <br />of this City, and for the further reason that this Resolution is required to be effective <br />?- immediately in order to enable the City to expedite the process for needed traffic safety