TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Missie Barletto, Director Public Works
THROUGH: Terrence R. Moore, ICMA-CM
DATE: March 5, 2024
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APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 55-24 TO AWARD AN AGREEMENT TO ROSSO SITE DEVELOPMENT, INC FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE BARWICK ROAD BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT PURSUANT TO INVITATION TO BID CONSTRUCTION (ITBC) 2024-009 IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,764,375.44
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve Resolution No. 55-24 to award an Agreement to Rosso Site Development, Inc for Construction Services for the Barwick Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements Project pursuant to ITBC 2024-009 (Public Works Project No. 17-072) in the amount of $7,764,375.44.
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Background:
Following a 2017 application, the City of Delray Beach (City) was awarded a federally funded grant by the Transportation Planning Agency of Palm Beach (TPA) under its Local Initiatives Program for “widening and/or restriping roadways to provide designated bike lanes, construction of pedestrian facilities, shared use paths, greenway/trail corridors, bike and pedestrian lighting and supporting facilities". The program funds on and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities; infrastructure for improving non-driver access to public transportation for enhanced mobility; community improvement activities; environmental mitigation; recreational trail projects; safe routes to school projects; and projects for planning, designing, or constructing boulevards and other roadways largely in the right-of-way of former divided highways.
The Barwick Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements project plans to construct sidewalks on the west side along with a shared use path on the east side between Atlantic Avenue and Lake Ida Road. Currently, there are intermittent sidewalks throughout the corridor. Crosswalks and ramps will be improved to facilitate drivers yielding at conflict points. These improvements will directly benefit Carver Middle School a...
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