TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Peter D. Lear, CPA, CGMA, City Manager
TITLE: Amendment #1, Contract 2017-08, with C-Squared Certified General Contractors, Inc. for the Biscayne Drive Median Curbing Project in the estimated amount of $185,441.20 with $8,100.00 in contingency.
Recommended Action
Approve Amendment #1, Contract 2017-08, with C-Squared Certified General Contractors, Inc. for the Biscayne Drive Median Curbing Project in the estimated amount of $185,441.20 with $8,100.00 in contingency.
Background Information
During the City Commission meeting held on April 11, 2017, staff was directed to develop plans and specifications to construct a missing segment of sidewalk on the east side of Biscayne Drive, between Hyde Park Avenue and Sydney Avenue. In an effort to provide connectivity to the neighboring residential area, staff also included in the scope a missing segment of sidewalk on the north side of Sydney Avenue. This will provide a connection to the Biscayne Drive sidewalk. City Commission direction also included installation of crosswalks on Biscayne Drive at Hyde Park Avenue, to improve connectivity to the North Port Library, and at Sydney Avenue, to improve connectivity to the neighborhood park on Sydney Avenue, east of Biscayne Drive. The crosswalks require stormwater drainage piping and structures for connection to the sidewalks, reconfiguration of two residential driveways at the southeast and southwest corners of the Biscayne Drive/Sydney Avenue intersection and pedestrian crossing signage. The contract increase for the sidewalk and crosswalks is $160,803.40 and $8,100.00 in contingency.
The installation of curbing, irrigation and landscaping in the medians on Biscayne Drive has also focused attention to the existing bicycle lane striping, from US41 to Elyton Drive, and the lack of bicycle lane striping, from US41 to Safford Terrace. Striping in conformance with recent standards of the Florida Departmen...
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