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
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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.
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MAYRA PEÑA LINDSAY
ATTEST:
CMC
VILLAGE
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL CY
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VILLAGE ATTORNEY
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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.
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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
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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,
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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,
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