County of Los Alamos - File #: AGR0806-21

• File #: AGR0806-21
• Version: 1
• Type: General Services Agreement
• Status: Consent
• File created: 10/27/2021
• In control: County Council - Regular Session
• On agenda: 1/4/2022
• Title: Approval of Services Agreement No. AGR 22-31 with Wilson & Company, Inc. in the Amount of $592,124.00 plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax for the Study and Design of the NM502/Trinity Drive Safety and ADA Improvement Project from Oppenheimer Drive to Knecht St.
• Presenters: Eric Martinez; Jon Bulthuis
• Indexes (Council Goals): * 2021 Council Goal - Investing in Infrastructure

Title
Approval of Services Agreement No. AGR 22-31 with Wilson & Company, Inc. in the Amount of $592,124.00 plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax for the Study and Design of the NM502/Trinity Drive Safety and ADA Improvement Project from Oppenheimer Drive to Knecht St.
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve Services Agreement No. AGR 22-31 with Wilson & Company, Inc. in the Amount of $592,124.00 plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax for the Study and Design of the NM502/Trinity Drive Safety and ADA Improvement Project from Oppenheimer Drive to Knecht St.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
In February 2016, a Road Safety Audit (RSA) was completed by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) in coordination with Los Alamos County for NM502/Trinity Drive between Oppenheimer Drive and 15th Street as part of the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). The RSA recommended various countermeasures for improving safety within this section of NM502 (Trinity Drive) including a road diet, median installation for traffic channelization and managed access, ADA, pedestrian, bicycle, transit and motorist safety improvements such as curb ramps, buffered sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, LED roadway and pedestrian lighting, landscaping, bike lanes and bus pullouts. Approval of a design direction or preference is not included at this time as potential improvement alternatives should not be predetermined or excluded before they are analyzed during the study phase in accordance with the NMDOT’s Location Study Procedures (further discussed below).

Based on the findings in the RSA, Los Alamos County was awarded a total of $4.25 million in Federal HSIP funding for safety improvements along the section of Trinity Drive (NM502) from Oppenheimer Drive to Knecht. The project limits were extended from 15th Street to Knecht Street to connect with the project limits of the recently completed NM...