DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contract With Kimley-Horn And Associates, Inc. For Preliminary Engineering Professional Services On County State Aid Highway 26, Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Inver Grove Heights And Authorization To Amend 2024 Transportation Capital Improvement Program, County Projects 26-60 And 26-68
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WHEREAS, Dakota County has included County Projects 26-60 and 26-68 in its Transportation Capital Improvement Program to redesign County State Aid Highway 26 (70th Street) in Inver Grove Heights; and
WHEREAS, County Project 26-60 is a planned reconstruction of a portion of County State Aid Highway 26 between Trunk Highway 3 and County State Aid Highway 73 in Inver Grove Heights and includes an expansion to three lanes, construction of stormwater sewer, construction of multiuse trail, extension of city utilities and traffic safety and access management improvements; and
WHEREAS, County Project 26-68 will perform pavement rehabilitation on a portion of County State Aid Highway 26 between County State Aid Highway 73 and Cahill Avenue in Inver Grove Heights and include a reduction from five-lane to three, construction of multiuse trail, extension of city utilities and traffic safety and access management improvements; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County is the lead agency for County Projects 26-60 and 26-68; and
WHEREAS, a request for proposals was released on January 16, 2024, to complete preliminary engineering for both projects; and
WHEREAS, four responses were received from qualified proposers; and
WHEREAS, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. was identified as the most responsive to the request for proposals, and
WHEREAS, staff from the City of Inver Grove Heights participated in the proposal evaluation and concurs with this recommendation; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends execution of a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for pr...
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