DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Second Contract Amendment With Kimley-Horn And Associates, Inc., To Provide Final Design Engineering Services And Amend 2025 Capital Improvement Program Budget For Improvements To County State Aid Highway 42 In City Of Apple Valley, County Project 42-163
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
* Authorize the execution of a second contract amendment with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (Kimley-Horn) for additions and changes to final design engineering services for County Project (CP) 42-163.
* Amend the 2025 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget based on engineering design and related services.
SUMMARY
To provide a safe and efficient transportation system, Dakota County is proceeding with the design of CP 42-163, the reconstruction of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 42 along a one-mile segment in the city of Apple Valley from Redwood Drive to 147th Street and vicinity (Attachment: Project Location Map). By Resolution No. 23-209 (May 23, 2023), the County Board authorized the project's preliminary and final design contract with consultant Kimley-Horn for an amount not to exceed $959,920. By Resolution No. 25-048 (January 21, 2025), the County Board authorized the first contract amendment, adding $619,285, for a total amended contract value of $1,579,205 (Contract Number DCA20482).
In 2022, Dakota County applied for and received a federal grant of $6,540,000 to support the project's construction; this was based on a conceptual early estimate of a total construction cost of approximately $8,200,000, with the scope then assuming minimal reconstruction. Preliminary engineering work completed under the Kimley-Horn contract in 2024 confirmed the need for full reconstruction at an estimated construction cost of approximately $17,300,000. Amendment No. 1 addressed scope changes based on added services in the preliminary engineering design stages, while additional services have now be...
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