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MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: JUNE 6, 2000
SUBJECT: SH 121/114 MIS SCHEMATIC ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONTRACT
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council consider awarding an Engineering Services Contract to Parsons
Transportation Group in an amount not to exceed $ 52,800 for the preparation of
Alternative Schematic Layouts in the SH 121/114 MIS Study Area, authorize the City
Manager to execute said contract, and take any necessary action.
FUNDING SOURCE:
Funds are currently available in 96 G. O. Bond Interest account (Account No. 178-
78361-009)
Budget
Engineering Schematic Study $ 52,800 100%
BACKGROUND:
The SH 121 / SH 114 MIS team has completed the first phase of the study, establishing
the recommended number and configuration of the general purpose lanes, managed
facility lanes and service road lanes through the corridor. This phase was reviewed with
the Council and community in a public hearing held at our City Hall on July 15, 1999.
The consultant team, in coordination with TxDOT Staff and the Cities in the corridor, are
now preparing the more detailed schematics of the corridor improvements to address
direct connect ramps and interchange configurations as well as access ramps to and
from local arterial and collector roadways. The detailed schematics prepared to date in
this second phase have significant impacts upon Grapevine's existing access as well as
future access needs. Staff feels these impacts should not be accepted without further in
depth review of the corridor to consider other possibilities. These alternatives will be
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reviewed in depth with the Council prior to the next public meeting on the MIS study
scheduled for sometime in late summer.
Parsons Transportation Group has periodically assisted the City Staff through the
development of the first phase of the MIS and is very familiar with our concerns about
the second phase of the study. They have collected a team of transportation experts
from their local Ft. Worth office as well as from other offices across the country to assist
us in developing an acceptable alternative plan to preserve and improve our access in
this corridor.
Preserving current access and improving future access to the City of Grapevine in this
highway corridor is vital to the future of this City. The final transportation system must
convey traffic through the corridor efficiently while providing ample opportunity to access
Grapevine's thoroughfare network,
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have dire long-term consequences for the City.
Staff recommends approval.
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