Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Award Contract #20220045 for the Floresta Drive Improvements Project Phase 2.
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Submitted By: Robyn Holder, CPPB, Procurement Management Department (PMD).
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Robyn Holder, CPPB (PMD).
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Felix Associates of Florida, Inc.
3. Purpose: To construct Floresta Drive Improvements Phase 2.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New.
5. Duration: 730 calendar days with no option to renew.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: The project will complete the construction of Floresta Drive from Southbend Boulevard to Crosstown Parkway as a complete street providing bike lanes, sidewalks, traffic calming, streetlights, and landscaping.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): One-time expense of $29,997,174.23.
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council award Contract #20220045 and enter into a per unit price contract with Felix Associates of Florida, Inc. for the Floresta Drive Improvements Project Phase 2 in the amount of $29,997,174.23.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and award Contract #20220045.
2. Move that the Council not approve Contract #20220045 and provide staff with direction.
Background: Improvements to the Floresta Drive corridor are a priority of the City Council. At the 2017 Summer Retreat, Council directed staff to model the corridor from a traffic standpoint for both a 2-lane and 4-lane roadway section. The new modeling was performed, and it included the new Crosstown Parkway Extension Project connection to U.S. Highway 1 at Village Green Drive, for the projected traffic volumes in the year 2037. The results/recommendations were presented to City Council on October 30, 2017, for consideration. The City Council unanimously passed the motion fo...
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