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CONTRACT K-1920-114: A CONTACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $125,000 TO PROVIDE THE ENGINEERING DESIGN CRITERIA AND STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS UPDATE AND CITY ORDINANCE REVIEW AND BUDGET TRANSFER BETWEEN PROJECT ACCOUNTS.
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BACKGROUND: The City Council identified incentivizing optional "green building codes" as a secondary destination short-term goal (1-2 years) during the August 2017 Council Retreat. Since that time, the Council Community Planning and Transportation Committee (CPTC) has engaged in discussions regarding incentive programs for incentivizing green building practices and green infrastructure/low impact development (GI/LID) in the City of Norman. During this time, staff, private developers and experts in the field have also presented the CPTC with information and discussed potential options and ideas related to incentives for GI/LID and reduction to City parking requirements.
The Engineering Design Criteria (EDC) and Standard Specifications and Construction Drawings (Specifications) were adopted by the City Council in 1996 and were last updated in 2006. The City's EDC and Specifications provide key technical guidance for the design and construction of public infrastructure including roads, bridges, stormwater systems, water lines, sewer lines, traffic signals, street lights, and others. The current need is to update these documents to incorporate new technologies and ordinances to provide better guidance to developers, consultants and contractors. City Council has appropriated funding in the Fiscal Year Ending (FYE) 2020 and programmed funding in the 2021 Capital Improvement Program for an update of the EDC and Specifications. Staff has identified the opportunity to combine the GI/LID Incentives Program and EDC and Specifications Update into one project to save effort and duplication.
The purpose of this project is to conduct a comprehensive review o...
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