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AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO CONTRACT NO. K-1112-54: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND JACKSON & JACKSON ENGINEERING, INC., INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $1,600 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT PRICE OF $23,600 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SURVEYING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT AGREEMENT NO. 1028 WITH THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION FROM THE CAPITAL FUND.
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BACKGROUND: Through an application and selection process, the federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program grants funding for non-infrastructure safety activities and infrastructure improvements in the vicinity of selected neighborhood schools to encourage students to walk and bike to school. The City of Norman is the sponsor of a local SRTS project for Kennedy Elementary School, selected by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), the program's administrator in Oklahoma. The Safe Routes to School Program is a 100% reimbursable program. The funds granted for the Kennedy project included $4,900 for the non-infrastructure activities and $190,000 for the infrastructure portion. The non-infrastructure portion, which consisted of a bike rodeo and repair clinic and a special bike safety presentation by police to Kennedy students, has now been completed. ODOT contracted with Jackson & Jackson Engineering to be available to cities to prepare the infrastructure plans for SRTS projects, and agreed to pay 40% of approved design fees ($7,000 for this project) for using this consultant engineer.
On October 11, 2011, the City Council approved Contract No. K-1112-54 with Jackson & Jackson Engineering in the negotiated amount of $22,000 to perform the engineering services for the Kennedy Safe Routes to School project, Federal-aid Project No. SRS-114D(294)ST, State Job No. 28470(13).
DESCRIPTION: During the development of the plans, ODOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) identified locations where...
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