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TO: |
Board of Trustees |
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THROUGH: |
Mary DeLoretto, Interim Executive Director |
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FROM: |
Dave Hancock, Acting Chief Service Development Officer |
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PRESENTER(S): |
Todd Provost, Capital Development Director |
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Janelle Robertson, Project Manager |
TITLE:
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Contract: FrontRunner Forward Shepard Lane Design Betterment (UDOT)
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AGENDA ITEM TYPE:
Non-Procurement Agreement
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve agreement with Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and authorize Executive Director to execute agreement and associated disbursements for Shepard Lane Design Betterment.
BACKGROUND:
UDOT has initiated a project to design and construct a new traffic interchange at Shepard Lane and I-15, in Farmington, Utah. The project is in the early stages of design. Construction is planned to start in late 2022 and is anticipated to be completed in 2023. As part of the project, UDOT will construct a bridge abutment and walls for the I-15 southbound off-ramp and on-ramp that are directly adjacent to the UTA FrontRunner corridor. The space between the rail corridor and I-15 is limited around this interchange and I-15 between Shepard Lane and Park Lane. This is an ideal opportunity for UTA to partner with UDOT to implement construction of FrontRunner future double tracking quickly. This will also reduce costs for construction and inconvenience to the traveling public by combining the projects.
DISCUSSION:
Because of the limited space around the Shepard Lane Project, UTA would like to include, as part of the UDOT Shepard Lane Project, a betterment for UDOT’s consultant to design embankment for future FrontRunner double track. This is within the Shepard Lane project limits, that will be located between I-15 and the current single FrontRunner track. This is beneficial to UTA because the constrained nature of the corridor would make it much more expensive to construct in the future as its own project. Doing the two projects together also results in less costs to both projects overall. The proposed betterment agreement will include the cost for UDOT to incorporate the UTA embankment and associated elements into the Shepard Lane Project design. After the design process is completed, UTA will then have the option to execute another betterment agreement with UDOT for the construction of the elements designed. While costs are not certain at this time, the cost to construct the embankment is anticipated to be between $7-9 million. UTA would later lay the track in these areas when they are connected to other track sections and able to be used.
CONTRACT SUMMARY:
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Contractor Name: |
UDOT |
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Contract Number: |
21-P00143 |
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Base Contract Effective Dates: |
January 26, 2022 |
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Extended Contract Dates: |
NA |
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Existing Contract Value: |
$0 |
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Amendment Amount: |
$0 |
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New/Total Amount Contract Value: |
$221,668.61 |
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Procurement Method: |
NA |
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Funding Sources: |
Local Funding |
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ALTERNATIVES:
UTA could wait until the future to construct this double tracking section in a much more complicated construction condition. UTA could decide to not double track this section and forgo the operational benefits of double tracking in this area.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$221,668.61 cost to the FrontRunner Forward Project Budget. There are cost savings for the cost to construct in the area where UDOT is already staged for construction.
ATTACHMENTS:
Agreement