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CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. RFP-1213-68, APPROVAL OF CONTRACT NO. K-1213-184 WITH RDNJ, INC., D/B/A A-TECH PAVING IN THE AMOUNT OF $316,830.25; PERFORMANCE BOND NO. B-1213-80; STATUTORY BOND NO. B-1213-81, MAINTENANCE BOND NO. MB-1213-70 AND RESOLUTION NO. R-1213-119 FOR THE LEGACY TRAIL SOUTH EXTENSION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: In Fiscal Year Ending 2008, the City of Norman accepted a Transportation Enhancement Grant from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the Legacy Trail South Extension Project. Once accepted, Parks and Recreation Staff selected C.H. Guernsey (Guernsey) as the design engineer for the project. The contract with Guernsey was approved in December, 2008. Public input meetings were held at City Hall in both January and March, 2009 to give residents and property owners along the proposed route the chance to provide input to Guernsey and the City of Norman about the proposed design. The location of the project is delineated on the attached map. After several rounds of discussions with ODOT, project-area residents and the project engineer regarding the project design details, staff prepared the required easement acquisition information and distributed these to the property owners along the project route. All but one of the easements for this project are temporary construction easements, which will expire upon completion of the project construction. The other easement is a permanent Pedestrian Easement which will overlay the new sidewalk along Jenkins Avenue where it is being constructed across private commercial property at the corner of Jenkins and Boyd.
In 2011, residents began returning signed easements to the City of Norman; however, some property owners declined to donate their easement, and a process of negotiation was used to arrive at an offer of payment. Once all of the easements were acquired, ODOT approved letting the project for construction bids.
DISCUSSION: On 25 January an...
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