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Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 4 with Halff Associates, Inc. for the Heritage Trail West Project.
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This item includes additional engineering services required to restart the Heritage Trail West Project. This scope of services includes documentation of the improvements that have been completed to date, plan revisions and construction documentation reflecting the existing conditions, specification revision to incorporate items that resulted from field orders, RFI's and other changes during the original construction phase, restarting the bid process, and additional construction phase services (if they exceed what remains on the original contract scope). During the surety's bid process, contractor's assumed the remaining construction phase to have a duration of 16 months. Only 6 months remain on the original contract.
The City legal team have advised that these engineering fees will be able to be reimbursed by the surety company at the completion of the project. They have also advised that these fees will be above and beyond the sum of the penal limit of the bond and will not impact the amount of construction reimbursement the City receives from the surety.
The Heritage Trail project includes a 10' wide trail detailing the history of Round Rock as a timeline. The project spans from the Bathing Beach at Chisholm Trail Road to Mays Street and include improvements at Bathing Beach Park, Chisholm Trail Crossing Park, and Memorial Park. The programmatic elements of the project will include historical, educational, arts & cultural, and general park elements. All elements encourage community events and development revitalization along the corridor. In September 2021, the original contractor for Heritage Trail West began the process of abandoning the job, with the City officially making a claim to the surety in October. At that time, the surety began the process of rebidding the project to try to compl...
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