Metro - File #: 2016-0328

• File #: 2016-0328
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/11/2016
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 6/15/2016
• Final action: 6/23/2016
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to: A. NEGOTIATE and execute a 48-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE5204200 with HDR Engineering Inc., in an amount not-to-exceed $34,030,555 for Architectural and Engineering (A&E) services for the preparation of the Project Approval and Environmental Document (PA&ED) on Interstate 605/State Route 60 Interchange; and B. APPROVE Contract Modification Authority specific to Contract No. AE5204200 in the amount of $5,104,583.
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: "Hot Spots" Program, Budgeting, Contracts, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Federal Highway Administration, I-405, I-605, I-605/Sr-60 Interchange Improvements (Project), Interchanges, Maps, Measure R, Procurement, Professional Services, Project, Project Status Report, Safety, Southern California Highways, SR-60, SR-91

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2016	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
6/16/2016	Construction Committee

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 16, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: INTERSTATE 605/STATE ROUTE 60 PROJECT APPROVAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT (PA&ED)

ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATIONS

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to:

A. NEGOTIATE and execute a 48-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE5204200 with HDR Engineering Inc., in an amount not-to-exceed $34,030,555 for Architectural and Engineering (A&E) services for the preparation of the Project Approval and Environmental Document (PA&ED) on Interstate 605/State Route 60 Interchange; and

B. APPROVE Contract Modification Authority specific to Contract No. AE5204200 in the amount of $5,104,583.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro, in collaboration with Caltrans and the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG), is leading the development of Measure R I-605 "Hot Spots" highway improvement projects. This contract award will enable Metro to advance the project approval and environmental document for the Interstate 605/State Route 60 (I-605/SR-60) "Hot Spot" Congestion Area.
Discussion
DISCUSSION

Measure R designated $590 million for congestion "Hot Spots" relief improvements along the I-605, SR-91 and I-405 Corridors in the Gateway Cities sub-region. The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Corridor Cities Committee (CCC) for the SR-91/I-605/I-405 corridors cities were formed by the GCCOG to provide technical and policy direction for the development of future transportation improvements. In March 2013, Metro completed a feasibility study of the I-605 Hot Spots and crossing corridors (I-405, SR-91, I-105, I-5, and SR-60) to identify congestion "Hot Spots" and develop preliminary improvement concepts; one of the identified congestion hot spots was the I-605/SR-60 Interchange Attachment C provides a map of the study area.
Metro completed a Project Study Report/Project Development Support (PSR/PDS) for the I-605/SR-60 Interchange in December 2015. The PSR/PDS is an ...