Res 2013-094/Approving an agreement between Halff Associates, Inc. for professional preliminary engineering services with the Old Ranch Road 12 Bike/Ped and Widening Project

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Attachment A PROPOSED SCOPE FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE SERVICES For The Old RR 12 Bike /Ped and Widening Project San Marcos, Texas PROJECT DESCRIPTION The limits of the Old Ranch Road 12 Bike /Pedestrian and Widening project are from W. Holland Street to Craddock Boulevard. This phase will include the preparation of a preliminary engineering report for the roadway, sidewalk, and water and wastewater improvements. The proposed roadway section will include widening to three lanes (two through lanes and a two -way left turn lane) with bike lanes on both sides, sidewalk on at least one side of the roadway and Low Impact Design (LID) drainage improvements. The construction of the project is partially funded by CAMPO. The water and wastewater improvements include the replacement of the 8 -inch water line from W. Holland Street to Hughson Drive, an additional water line from Hughson Drive to Craddock Avenue, an additional wastewater line from LS #37 to Craddock Avenue, an additional wastewater line from LS #29 north across Old RR 12, and the decommissioning of LS #37 and LS #29. The project is approximately 0.7 miles in length. Field surveying, utility location and coordination, water and wastewater improvements, signing and striping design, grading and LID drainage design and pavement design services are anticipated and described in more detail in the following TASK DESCRIPTION. TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND PROCEDURE ASSUMPTIONS • Microstation and /or Geopak computer applications will be used for all design and plan sheets produced on this project, as well as the following: • National Environmental Policy Act • Architectural Barriers, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Regulations • Texas Department of Transportation Design Manual and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Official (AASHTO) Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (most current version) will be used as the design guidelines for this project. • Texas Department of Transportation Standard Specifications (2004) will be used as a basis for developing specifications. • Design of traffic control plans will conform to the version of the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and Texas Department of Transportation Standards that is expected to be in effect at the proposed time of construction. • Environmental requirements per applicable jurisdiction: TCEQ, TxDOT, City of San Marcos, Texas Historical Commission, Hays County, EPA, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and USACE.