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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2018-11 Selecting Kimley Horn and Associates for the Safe Routes to School ProjectRESOLUTION NO. 2018-11 A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COT]NCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, SELECTING KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORIZATION; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Village of Key Biscayne ("Village") issued Request For Qualifications No. 2017-08-03 ("RFq", for professional engineering services ("Services") for the Village's Safe Routes to Schools project ("Project"); and WHEREAS, in response to the RFQ, the Village received six (6) submittals; and WHEREAS, after review and consideration of the ranked submittals, the Village Manager recommends selecting Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc. ("Consultant") for the Services, whose qualifications are attached hereto as Exhibit ooA"; and WHEREAS, the Village Council desires to select the Consultant for the Services; and WHEREAS, the Village Council finds that this Resolution is in the best interest and welfare of the citizens of the Village. NO\il, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. Each of the above-stated recitals are hereby adopted, confirmed, and incorporated herein. Section 2. Selection. The Village Council hereby selects the Consultant for the Services for the Project. Section 3.Authorization. The Village Council hereby authorizes the Village Manager to negotiate arL agreement with Consultant for the Services for the Project. If an Page 1 of2 agreement cannot be reached, the Village Manager is authorized to negotiate an agreement with the next highest ranked firm(s), in order of ranking, until an agreement in the best interest of the Village is reached. Section 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption. PASSED and ADOPTED this 10th day of April, 2018. ) MAYRA PEÑA LINDSAY ATTEST: CMC VILLAGE APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL CY I VILLAGE ATTORNEY Page2 of2 Exhibit "A" PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES,.* Safe Routes to School\ September 6,2817 Village Clerk Attn: Professional Engineering Services; RFQ 2017-08-03 Jennifer Duque, CMC Village of Key Biscayne BB West Mclntyre Street, Suite 220 Key Biscayne, FL 331 49 Re: RF0 2017"08-03; Professional Engineering Services for Safe Routes to School Dear Members of the Selection Committee: Kimley-Horn is pleased to present our qualifications as a highly-experienced and locally based consultant team to serve as the Vìllage of Key Biscayne's (the Village) consultant for the Professional Engineering Services for Safe Routes to School (SRTS) project. Our team understands your commitment to deliver quality facilities and infrastructure improvements that the local public has come to expect, We view this contract as serving as a paftner to your staff working with you to plan, budget, schedule, and implement this project in the most efficient and cost-effective manner, We have a long history of serving cities and counties throughout Florida, and we have had a local office in Miami-Dade County for the last 20 years. We are excited to put this knowledge and experience to work for the Village. As we work with the Village to develop and implement your vision, Kimley-Horn understands the key elements and has worked with a number of municipalities implementing the Safe Routes lo School Program. The jntent of the SRTS program is to provide alternative modes of transporlation that are safe for children, which in turn encourages walking and bicycling to school. ln addition to providing an alternative mode of lransportation, SRTS also promotes healthy habits by providing an opportunity for children to engage in much needed physical activity before and after school each day, Kimley-Horn would like to apply our expertise in this area to benefit the children of the community. Kimley>)Horn ÈÈ0 N3 ri'l r 7-c8,rì.1 !ì{lKCroT:v-:. RoutesSchoolSafeto F|F3',,i,,, As described in the Transil Mobility Study (l.MS) prepared for the Village, one of the emerging trends observed was the number of residents who have moved to the Village to take advantage of the schools, community, government, and all that makes the Village one of the best places to live in Florida. ln additìon, a survey taken at the Key Biscayne K-B Center showed that nearly 90% of the children have asked for permission to walk or bike to school. One of the reasons stated that limits the interest of parents to send their kids walking or biking to school, that wjll be address with this project, is the lack of adequate and safe pedestrian and bicycle ways, and safety issues when crossing some of the streets, Even with these concerns, the Key Biscayne K-B Center has seen an increase in the number of studenls who are attending using their bicycles, and currently, there are not enough bike racks or facilities to store/park them (see picture below). 0verall, with Existing Deficient Bike Parking/Storage the combined efforts that the infrastructure improvements, as well as the enforcement recommendations made by the 2015 SRTS Study, prepared for this project there will be a slgnificant improvement on viability for students to walk/bike safely to their school, ln addition, the same TMS identified several impodant characteristics of the traffic in the Village, noting that the most significant walking population are those traveling to and from school. Also, observations show that much of the morning tralfic is fueled by schools. Access to schools is hampered by a lack of adequate and ADA compliant paths, crossings, striping, signage, and street furniture such as bike racks. There ìs :li)",: - ir¿ìsilr(1r,,Ù ir'rrìs FINAL REMI KimleyùHorn kimley-horn.com 355 Alhambra Circle Suite '1400 Coral Gables FL 33134 305 673 2025 TRTS36003.1 7 Key Biscayne Safe Houtes to School.indd Kimley>)Horn Page 2 also a big side benefit of providing these amenities so students can travel safely to and from their schools, it can reduce traffic in the peak hours that are influenced by school traffic as people in the Village will drive to otherwise walkable short distances to go to and from school. Much of Kimley-Horn's public sector work in Florida is provided for FDOT, and therefore, we have a thorough understanding of FD0T requirements and expectations. This knowledge, gained from many successful projects âcross the state, allows us to maintain, coordinate, and exchange information and achieve a high level of cooperation and communication. This includes understanding and working within the requirements of the Local Agency Program (LAP), Kimley-Horn is currently working with several municrpalities such as Miami-Dade County, Miami Lakes, Miami Shores, Key West, North Bay Village, sample Bike Racks Lauderhill, and Cutler Bay on Safe Routes to Schools and other projects that are funded through the LAP program. Kimley-Horn's knowledge of the program and relationships with FDOT have been crìtical elements in expeditlng these projects successfully and maintaining project funding. ln addition, l, Leonte l. Almonte, P.E. who will serve as the Village's project manager, am experienced in LAP projects and also completed the 201 7 FD0T Local Agency Prograni (LAP) Workshop. We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of outstanding professionals, specifically selected to meet your diverse needs. 0ur in-house experts will provide services in the disciplines required under this contract including SRTS elements, permitting, stormwater management, drainage, sìgnage and pavement narkings, sidewalks, ADA compliance, hydraulic modeling, transportation planning, FDOT coordination, LAP support, roadway and streetscape design, cost estimates, construction phase services, as well as other civil engineering services. We would love to assist the Village in accomplishing as many of the goals it has from a mobility perspective that could be done as part of this SRTS project, We have carefully selected each team member wilh the intentìon to produce well thought- out solutions and seamlessly complete your projects as a collaborative force of professionals who have worked on similar projects many times before and have a thorough understanding of the requirements and services needed for these types of programs/projects. ln addition to my experience as project manager, I will have the support of Ravi Wilesundera, P,E. and Stewart Robertson, P.E., two renowned SRTS experts, not only in South Florida but throughout the state. We will also engage John McWilliams, P,E,, a localtraffic expertwho is the FDOT District Six Bicycle and Pedestrian (Bike/ Ped) Consultant, whose experience and relationships will give you access to a great resource in solving Bike/Ped issues and satisfying project requirements. As the existing conditions may have changed from the initial report and recommendations made, our team offers you the right approach to effectively update the design while still meeting the SRTS and LAP requirements and addressing the Village's budget and schedule. To further expand our supporl to you, the Kimley-Horn team includes reputable subconsultants with whom we have outstanding working relationships and have worked with previously on several other municipal projects. Our subconsultant teaming partners include the DBE firms of Longitude Surveyors LLC for surveying services and Geosol, lnc. for geotechnical services (as needed) . We will exceed FD0T's DBE requirement, kimley-horn.com 355 Alhambra Circle Suite 1400. Coral Gables. FL 331 34 305 673 2025 TRïS36003.1 7 Key Biscayne Safe Routes lo School.indd Kimley>)Horn Page 2 As an established firm, we place significant emphasis on quality control and quality assurance. Kimley-Horn tailors each project's OI/QC plan to meetthe needs of that job, and we regularly engage our clients in dialogue to help us understand how we can improve our service to them, We pledge to work with you to develop and share a vision for what is needed and then carry out technically-sound solutions. We sincerely appreciate the opportunity to present our qualifications to you and look fon¡vard to continuing a sound pafinership with the Village of Key Biscayne. Sincerely, KIMLEY.HORN SdÉ nürhs b S€hool . .ffigutge E *g tËÊ ðe-@ rr ffi Leonte Almonte, P.E. Project ager kimley-horn.com 600 North Pine lsland Road. Suite 450 Plantation FL 33324 (954) 535-5100 TRED26004.1 5-0 Cutler Bay Safe Routes t0 School.indd