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AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1718-75: BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND FREESE & NICHOLS, INC., INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $78,255 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $88,255 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DESIGN SERVICES AND PREPARATION OF PLANS FOR THE CONSTITUTION STREET MULTIMODAL PATH BETWEEN JENKINS AVENUE AND CLASSEN BOULEVARD, AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION FROM THE CAPITAL FUND BALANCE.
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BACKGROUND: For a number of years, the City Council has supported projects that have responded to citizens' desires for improved facilities to enhance their quality of life. High on the citizens' list have been the Legacy Trail sidewalks that are wide and long and safe, and intended to accommodate walkers, runners, bicyclists, and wheel-chair users. The bicycling community has been particularly active in promoting projects such as bike lanes, shared traffic lanes, and separated bike paths that will provide safe routes for citizens desiring to participate in this active lifestyle. With the funding help of some federal grants, the City has been able to make significant improvements to the sidewalk systems in various areas of Norman, especially adjacent to schools.
On June 22, 2009, City staff was able to obtain a Transportation Enhancement (TE) grant to construct a one-mile long segment of a separated multimodal path going toward Lake Thunderbird, a popular destination, along State Highway 9 (SH-9) from 24th Avenue SE to 36th Avenue SE. On November 13, 2012, City Council approved Contract K-1213-118 between the City and Cardinal Engineering for a feasibility and design of the SH-9 Multimodal Path - Phase I project. The construction of that path was recently completed by contractor RDNJ, Inc. dba A-Tech Paving.
The Transportation Enhancement grant program has now been renamed the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grants, but their funding limits are similar, i.e. they will provide federal 80% funding (up to $600,000 maximum) for qualified ...
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