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CHANGE ORDER NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1314-48: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND MARCUM'S NURSERY INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $1,200 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT PRICE OF $154,230 FOR THE ROBINSON UNDERPASS LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION PROJECT AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: The Robinson Street Underpass Project is a General Obligation Bond Project that was approved by the voters in March, 2005. The project boundaries are approximately 500 feet west of Flood Avenue to 500 feet east of Stubbeman Avenue. The City secured federal funding for the project from four sources: (1) the Transportation and Community and System Preservation (TCSP) Program, (2) two line items in the SAFETEA-LU legislation, which was signed into law by the President of the United States in 2005, (3) Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) and (4) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding.
On October 25, 2005, City Council approved Contract K-0506-82, a project agreement with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) in order to secure federal funds for the Robinson Street Underpass Project. This project removed the at-grade railroad crossing on Robinson Street by rebuilding Robinson Street underneath a new railroad bridge. This project also provided additional turn lanes at the intersections of Flood Avenue/Robinson Street and Stubbeman Avenue/Robinson Street (see the attached location map). On December 22, 2009, Council approved Amendment No. 1 to Contract K-0506-82, a Project Agreement with ODOT for the construction of the Robinson Street Grade Separation Project.
The total budget for the Robinson Street Underpass Project included funding for the landscaping project; however, past projects managed by ODOT that included landscape and irrigation pay items typically had higher unit prices. Landscape and irrigation projects bid and managed by the City tend to bring lower contract prices and a better finished produc...
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