TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve the Eleventh Amendment to Agreement No. 2015-19 Professional Engineering Services for the Widening of Price Boulevard From Sumter Boulevard to Toledo Blade Boulevard By and Between the City of North Port, Florida, and Consor North America, Inc., in the Amount of $721,045.02.
Recommended Action
Option 1: Approve the Eleventh Amendment to Agreement No. 2015-19 Professional Engineering Services for the Widening of Price Boulevard, from Sumter Boulevard to Toledo Blade Boulevard by and between the City of North Port, Florida, and Consor North America, Inc. in the amount of $721,045.02.
City Commission Options
Option 1: Approve the Eleventh Amendment to Agreement No. 2015-19 Professional Engineering Services for the Widening of Price Boulevard, from Sumter Boulevard to Toledo Blade Boulevard by and between the City of North Port, Florida, and Consor North America, Inc. in the amount of $721,045.02.
* Pros: Adds design plans to install a water main and sewer main along the project corridor and allows the project to be advertised in separate phases, providing greater flexibility and adherence to the Resilient SRQ grant schedule.
* Cons: Increases project costs by $721,045.02, thereby reducing funding available for other Public Works and Utility Departments needs or projects.
Option 2: Deny the Eleventh Amendment to Agreement No. 2015-19 Professional Engineering Services.
* Pros: Preserves funding that could be reallocated to other operational needs or projects.
* Cons: Water and sewer lines would not be included along this segment of Price Boulevard, preventing capacity increases that are necessary to support future growth and development. Road and bridge segments of the project would have to be advertised and constructed as a single phase, requiring more upfront funding to complete the project thus creating challenges to adhering ...
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