STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: December 11, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 2
DEPARTMENT: Departmenf of Transportation and Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Dev Rastogi
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a construction services contract for the Zaragoza Elementary Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Pedestrian and Paving Improvements (CSJ 0918-47-327) Project to construct bicycle and pedestrian improvements near Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary School, bounded by Gaston Avenue to the northwest, North Prairie Avenue to the northeast, Main Street/Columbia Avenue to the southeast, and Alcalde Street to the southwest - Palmer Hall Evacuation and Utilities, LLC d/b/a Palmer Hall Construction, lowest responsible bidder of three - Not to exceed $409,235.00 - Financing: Zaragoza Road SRTS Improvements Fund ($325,661.00), General Fund ($41,787.00), and Street and Transportation (A) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund) ($41,787.00)
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BACKGROUND
The City of Dallas was awarded a grant in the amount of $325,661.00 from the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program administered by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the Zaragoza Elementary SRTS Pedestrian and Paving Improvements Project. The Project will construct bicycle and pedestrian improvements on the following roadways that enclose Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary School: Gaston Avenue to the northwest, North Prairie Avenue to the northeast, Main Street/Columbia Avenue to the southeast, and Alcalde Street to the southwest. Improvements will include widening/reconstructing existing sidewalks, as well as constructing Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ramps, traffic calming features, crosswalks, signs, pedestrian signals, and other SRTS improvements.
This action will authorize a construction services contract with Palmer Hall Evacuation and Utilities, LLC d/b/a Palmer Hall Construction, lowest responsible bidder of three, for construction of the Zaragoza Elementary SRTS Pedestrian and Paving Improvements Project.
Bid specifications were developed and publicly advertised on August 14, 2024, for competitive bids associated with the Zaragoza Elementary SRTS Pedestrian and Paving Improvements (CSJ 0918-47-327) Project. Bids were opened on September 6, 2024.
Palmer Hall Evacuation and Utilities, LLC d/b/a Palmer Hall Construction has had no contractual activities with the City of Dallas in the past three years.
ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF PROJECT
Begin Construction January 2025
Complete Construction December 2025
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On September 22, 2021, the City Council authorized a professional engineering services contract with Criado & Associates, Inc. for engineering services to design a shared use path along Elam Road between Pemberton Road and North Jim Miller Road and to design pedestrian improvements near the Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary School, in an amount not to exceed $433,735.00, by Resolution No. 21-1540.
On May 25, 2022, the City Council authorized the acceptance of a grant from the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration through TxDOT for a Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program grant (Agreement No. CSJ 0918-47-327, CFDA No. 20.205) in the amount of $325,661.00 as federal share in the total project cost of $342,743.37 (Federal share $325,661.00, Indirect State $14,121.87, and City of Dallas match for Direct State Participation $2,960.50 totaling $342,743.37) for costs related to the reconstruction and widening of the existing sidewalks to install ADA ramps, from Gaston Avenue to the northwest, and North Prairie Avenue to the northeast for installation of traffic calming improvements for crosswalks, signs, pedestrian signals and other Safe Routes to School improvements by Resolution No. 22-0798.
FISCAL INFORMATION
|
Fund |
FY 2025 |
FY 2026 |
Future Years |
|
Zaragoza Road SRTS Improvements Fund |
$245,661.00 |
$ 80,000.00 |
$0.00 |
|
General Fund |
$ 31,287.00 |
$ 10,500.00 |
$0.00 |
|
Street and Transportation (A) Fund (2017 General Obligation Bond Fund) |
$ 31,287.00 |
$ 10,500.00 |
$0.00 |
|
Total |
$308,235.00 |
$101,000.00 |
$0.00 |
M/WBE INFORMATION
As a federal grant is used to fund a portion of this project, the Federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program was incorporated in lieu of the City’s Business Inclusion and Development Plan. DBE participation on this contract is as follows:
|
Contract Amount |
Procurement Category |
DBE Goal |
|
$409,235.00 |
Construction |
3.00% |
|
DBE Subcontracting % |
DBE Overall % |
DBE Overall Participation $ |
|
4.59% |
4.59% |
$18,807.00 |
|
• This contract exceeds the DBE goal. |
|
• Palmer Hall Evacuation and Utilities, LLC d/b/a Palmer Hall Construction - Local; Workforce - 100.00% Local |
PROCUREMENT INFORMATION
The following three bids were received and opened on September 6, 2024:
*Denotes successful bidder
Bidders Amount
*Palmer Hall Evacuation and Utilities, LLC $ 409,235.00
d/b/a Palmer Hall Construction
2633 McKinney Avenue, Suite 130-164
Dallas, TX 75204
Meca Construction $ 417,450.40
Texas Civil Construction $1,303,233.00
OWNER/EXECUTIVE
Palmer Hall Evacuation and Utilities, LLC d/b/a Palmer Hall Construction
Terrell Hall, President
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