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4 THE CITY OF CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT j~L£~S~NTONe October 21, 2008 Community Development Engineering Division TITLE: APPROVAL OF A CONSULTANT SERVICES CONTRACT WITH RUGGERI, JENSEN, AZAR AND ASSOCIATES (RJA) IN THE AMOUNT OF $61,600 FOR THE DESIGN OF THE VINEYARD TRAIL, CIP NO. 087049 SUMMARY Thomas Baak and Associates, Landscape Architects, and Ruggeri, Jensen, Azar & Associates (RJA), Civil Engineers, worked together to prepare the conceptual plan for the Vineyard Avenue Realignment Landscaping and Trail Plan in 2003. This conceptual plan was reviewed and approved by City Council on June 17, 2003. This conceptual plan has been used for all the development that has occurred within the Vineyard Corridor. More detailed plans must be developed before the trail along Old Vineyard Avenue can be constructed. Staff contacted Thomas Baak and Associates about preparing construction plans for the trail, but it became apparent that the bulk of the work would be the (engineering) design of the trail rather than the landscaping plan. Since RJA worked with Thomas Baak and Associates to prepare the conceptual plan, staff deemed it appropriate to solicit a proposal from RJA to prepare the improvement plans for the trail design and have Thomas Baak and Associates act as a sub- consultant to RJA for the landscaping portion of the trail. RECOMMENDATION 1. Approve the consultant agreement with Ruggeri, Jensen, Azar and Associates of Pleasanton, California, for engineering design and landscape architectural services for anot-to-exceed cost of $61,600. 2. Authorize appropriation of $61,600 from the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan Fund for the design of the Vineyard Corridor Trail, and transfer into CIP No. 087049, Vineyard Corridor Trail. 3. Authorize the City Manager to execute the attached contract. FINANCIAL STATEMENT The funding for the design of the Vineyard Trail will be provided from Vineyard Corridor Specific Plan fees that have been collected. The funding for the Vineyard Corridor Trail was included in the Financing Plan for the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Infrastructure Improvements approved by the Council last year. CIP No. 087049, Vineyard Corridor Trail, will be established for tracking purposes.