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Ordinance No. 8,693990909 -19 ORDINANCK NO. 8693 ® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, APPROVING AN ADDENDUM TO THE PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND LARSON DESIGN GROUP, INC., D/B /A LARSON/BURNS, INC., FOR ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOOSE CREEK STREAM GREENBELT PROJECT, PHASE II; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($60,000.00); MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. WHEREAS, the City of Baytown ( "Owner ") and Larson Design Group, Inc. (d/b /a Larson/Bums Inc.), ( "Consultant ") did enter into a Professional Consultant Services Contract, on June 16, 1997 ( "Agreement "); and WHEREAS, the Agreement was authorized, in part, for the preparation of plans and specifications for the construction of a 9,000 linear foot, ten foot wide, multi - purpose bicycle and pedestrian trail along the shores of Goose Creek Stream with the goal of providing upon completion, a non - motorized transportation option for bicyclists and pedestrians who reside within, visit, or travel through the City of Baytown; and WHEREAS, upon completion of construction, the project will connect Phase I of the Goose Creek Stream Greenbelt at West Texas Avenue with Phase II of the same at Arizona Street; and WHEREAS, the Owner desires additional services as detailed in Exhibit "A," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes, to be performed under the terms and conditions as specified in the Agreement; WHEREAS, these additional services are necessary because the project scope has expanded causing the cost to increase; and WHEREAS, much of these increases are due to required grant (AASHTO) standards and physical challenges along the proposed trail route, including, but not limited to, two railroad crossings that will require canopies, two 14- foot -wide bridges and the Highway 146 service road; and WHEREAS, the increase is also partially attributable to the fact that the trail alignment has changed several times as land became available; and WHEREAS, the Consultant wishes to perform such services to meet the increased scope ® demands under such terms and conditions as contained in the Agreement at a cost not to exceed SIXTY THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($60,000.00); NOW THEREFORE, 990909 -19a BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby authorizes the execution of the Addendum to the Professional Consultant Services Contract between the City of Baytown and Larson Design Group, Inc., d/b /a Larson/Bums, Inc., for engineering and landscape architectural consulting services for the development of the Goose Creek Stream Greenbelt Project, Phase Il. A copy of said Addendum is attached hereto, marked "Exhibit A," and made a part hereof for all intents and purposes. Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown authorizes payment to Larson Design Group, Inc., d/b /a Larson/Bums, Inc., of the sum in the amount not to exceed SIXTY THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($60,000.00). Section 3: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve a decrease or an increase in costs by FIFTEEN THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($15,000.00) or less, provided that the amount authorized in Section 2 hereof may not be increased by more than twenty -five percent (25 %). Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown this the 96' day of September, 1999. ATTEST: r EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ACIO RAMIREZ SR City Attorney ® CAk1hI92\ Council \Ordinances\LarsonBurnsAddendum . Ord inance 2 /,�r.� PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor ADDENDUM TO THE PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN AND LARSON DESIGN GROUP, INC. STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF HARRIS § This Addendum to the Professional Consultant Services Contract ( "Addendum ") between the City of Baytown and Larson Design Group, Inc., dated June 16, 1997, is made by and between the same parties on the date hereinafter last specified. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the City of Baytown ( "Owner ") and Larson Design Group, Inc. (d/b /a Larson/Bums Inc.), ( "Consultant ") did enter into a Professional Consultant Services Contract, on June 16, 1997 ( "Agreement "); and WHEREAS, the Agreement was authorized, in part, , for the preparation of . plans and specifications for the construction of a 9,000 linear foot, ten foot wide, multi- purpose bicycle and pedestrian trail along the shores of Goose. Creek Stream with the goal of providing upon completion, a. non-motorized. transportation option for bicyclists : and pedestrians who reside within, visit, or travel through the City of Baytown; and WHEREAS, upon completion of construction, the .project will connect Phase I of the Goose Creek Stream Greenbelt at West Texas Avenue with Phase II. of the same at Arizona Street; and WHEREAS, the Owner desires additional services. as detailed in Exhibit "A," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes, to be performed under the terms _ and conditions as specified in the Agreement; WHEREAS, these additional services are necessary because the project scope has expanded causing the cost to increase; and WHEREAS, much of these increases are due to _required grant (AASHTO) standards and physical challenges along the proposed trail route, including, but not limited, to two railroad crossings that will require canopies, two 14- foot -wide bridges and the Highway 146. service road; and WHEREAS, the increase is also partially attributable to the fact that the trail 'alignment has changed several times as land became available; and WHEREAS, the Consultant wishes to perform such services to meet the increased scope demands under such terms and conditions as contained in the Agreement at a cost not to exceed SIXTY ® THOUSAND AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($60,000:00); Addendum, Page 1 iNOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto do hereby mutually agree as follows: I. Unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, words and phrases as used in this Addendum shall have the same meanings as in the Agreement and the terms and conditions specified therein shall control. II. The Owner and the Consultant agree that the Consultant shall provide as additional services those items listed on Exhibit "A" at a cost, including all reimbursable expenses and .subconsultant fees, not to exceed SIXTY THOUSAND AND N01100 DOLLARS ($60.000.00), as.detailed in such exhibit. III. The provisions of this Addendum and the provisions of the Agreement should be read together and construed as one agreement, for this addendum is meant to supplement but not replace any provision in the Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties-hereto have executed this Amendment in multiple copies, each of which shall be deemed to bean. original, but all of which shall constitute but one and the same amendment, this day of September, 1999. CITY OF BAYTOWN By: MONTE MERCER, City Manager ATTEST: EILEEN P._ HALL, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: IGNACIO RAMIREZ, SR.,'City Attorney Addendum, Page 2 Ll Ll LARSON DESIGN GROUP, INC., D /B /A LARSON/BURNS, INC. A Y 6ft�-V' BRIAN LARSON, President STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF I Y G� U i § Before me, �' k! the undersigned notary public, on this day personally appeared Brian Larson, in his capacity as P id* i of Larson Design Group, Inc., d/b /a Larson/Bums, Inc., on behalf of such corporation, known to me; proved to me on the oath of ;-or proved _ proved to me through his current I e r {description of identification card or other document issued by the federal government or any state government that contains the photograph and signature of the acknowledging person} (✓ one) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed that instrument for the purposes and consideration therein expr ed. . Given under my hand and seal. of office this day 9 9. Notary Public in and for the State of Texas SNCRARY Whate a TOM CWM E41270M }. My commission expires: c:klh 192\ CommunityDevelopment\ LarsonBumsContract \Amendment2Agreement.LarsonBums Addendum, Page 3 Texas Department of Transportation P.O. BOX 1386 • HOUSTON, TEXAS 77251 -1386 • (713) 802.5000 August 30, 1999 CONTACT: DOD -CCA Harris County CSJ 0912 -71 -429 VA: End of Arizona St. to Decker Dr. Mr. Scott Johnson Superintendent of Parks City of Baytown P. O. Box 424 Baytown, Texas 77522 -0424 Dear Mr. Johnson: We recently completed a review of a cost proposal for additional work that was prepared by your project architect, Larson/Bums, Inc., and provided you with a review of the cost proposal in a letter dated July 21, 1999. In this letter, we declined to participate in the cost of several of the additional items of work because the architect had not provided a detailed explanation for the extra work. In fact, it appeared in the cost proposal that the architect had purposely reallocated some questionable tasks into those that were more easily justified and deleted the questionable tasks entirely. Our review indicated that the cost proposal was unacceptable. Mr. Mark D. Patterson, discussed this matter with you in a telephone conversation. He agreed to review the cost proposal again if all of the items of work were justified in detail by the architect. We subsequently received the attached letter dated August 13, 1999, from your architect Larson/Bums, Inc. This is the third submittal of this cost proposal that we have received and reviewed. We have reviewed the architect's explanation of the extra work items and agree that these tasks were outside the original project scope of work and justify additional reimbursement for the architect. We agree that the cost for the various tasks seem fair and reasonable. We request that you execute a supplemental agreement with Larson/Bums, Inc., to cover this additional scope of work at your earliest convenience. We request that you provide us with a fully executed copy of the supplemental agreement. When we have received the supplemental agreement, we will set up this contract to provide for additional reimbursement to the City of Baytown, with our Accounting Section. EUIBIT A An Equal Opportunity Employer ® Mr. Scott Johnson August 30, 1999 Page 2 We are concerned that much of the work in the cost proposal is for items of work that have occurred sometime in the past. While we agree that the costs are justified, we are concerned that the work has already been performed and that we are being asked to participate in costs, after the fact. It is our usual policy to have the professional service provider submit a cost proposal in advance of performing the work. In fact, Section 2.6 of the Larson/Bums contract, states that "Consultant shall not proceed with Additional Services until the appropriate written authorization from Owner has been acquired." We caution both you and Larsen Burns not to let this situation reoccur. We may decline to participate in any costs for tasks that we have not approved in advance. Finally, if you do anticipate any extra work, we would appreciate your providing the necessary justification. We do not have the staff time to be providing three separate reviews of cost proposals. Please contact Mr. Mark D. Patterson, P.E., at (713) 802 -5506, should you have any questions concerning this matter. Sincerely, J Elvia R. Cardinal, P.E. Director of Consultant Contract Administration Houston District MDP:sgd Attachments cc: Mr. Mark D. Patterson, P.E. Mr. Brian J. Larson, Larson/Bums, Inc. I • +^�� � V'`'ii .<.. iA T�c DOT �� muslin, Texas RECEIVED 78701 D-%A , 512.476.1659 AUG 1 81999 Fax 476.8128 HOUSTON DISTa1GT FAX TRANSMITTAL To: MARK D. PATTERSON, P.E. Texas Department of Transportation Post Office Box 1386. Houston, Texas 77251-1386 Fax: 713.802.5640 Number of Pages: 6 From: Brian J. Larson Larson/Bums, Inc. Date: August 13,-"1999 PROJECT; GOOSE CREEK STREAM GREENBELT PHASE III BAYTOWN, TEXAS RE: ADDITIONAL SERVICES Attached, please find an additional services summary which provides a more detailed explanation justifying the task outlined in our May 20, 1999 cost proposal. Please refer to the cost proposal dated May 20, 1999 for a breakdown of the hours per task. I apologize for the confusion due to our misunderstanding of your original request and trust this new information meets with your approval. Please call me at 512.476.1559 if you have any questions or need additional information. Respectfully submitted, Larson/Burns, Inc. Brian Larson ® President CC: Scott Johnson, City of Baytown, Fax: 281.420.5847 J cam' rn Q `�, pq ®1 !i a lacy ® Goose Creek Greenbelt Phase III Additional Services - (Reference cost proposal date 5/20/99 for hourly breakdown) Date: August 12, 1999 Prepared by: Larson /Burns, Inc. Item #1 Investigate alternate trail alignment Trail segment between City Service Center and Texas Avenue. The approved alignment of the hike and bike trail in the design phase called for the trail to be located parallel to the northern RR tracks and cross Market Street near the City Service Center. From that point the trail entered the Airhart tract, directly crossed the large drainage swale and connected to the south end of Laredo Street. The City was considering the purchase of the Baytown Rental property and directed Larson /Burns to investigate the potential of realigning the trail to the east of Baytown rental, parallel to the creek. In addition, Larson /Burns was directed to investigate the potential of continuing the trail along the shoreline north of Market Street and connecting to Texas Avenue near the existing vehicular bridge. Another option Larson /Burns investigated was continuing the trail north of Texas Avenue and connection to the existing Phase One trail. Additional Services: 1. Site visit to determine possibility and viability of passing under the northern set of tracks and under the western side of Market Street, continuing along the shoreline and extending past Texas Avenue. 2. Prepared revised plan alternatives of the potential alignment changes. Item #2 Alignment review meeting with owner Trail segment between City Service Center and Texas Avenue Additional Services 1. Revised alignment review meeting in Baytown with client. #3 Revise bridge drawings Additional Services: In review meetings that were attended by Larson /Burns, City of Baytown and TxDOT, information was made available about reducing the overall cost of the project through a TxDOT waiver process to vary the AASHTO standards. Also TxDOT pointed out an opportunity to reduce overall cost of construction by preparing a waive for reducing the bridge from 14' width to 10' width. The City of Baytown directed Larson /Burns to prepare the waiver requests in an effort to reduce the cost of the overall project. 1. A waiver from 14 foot wide bridges to 10 foot wide bridges was prepared. 2. Bridges were revised from two at 14'x 30' to one at 14'x 65, and one at 14'x 80' when the waiver to 10 foot wide bridges was denied by TxDOT. 3. TxDOT requested the consultant prepare a "scour analysis" for each bridge. Larson /Burns, Inc. 1 108 West Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 512.476.1559 ® #4 Prepare RR Exhibits Additional Services: 1. Based-on the approved revised alignment of trail along shoreline behind Baytown Rental, the at -grade RR crossing at Market Street was deleted and new rail road exhibits for the northern underpass were prepared for approval by the Union Pacific Rail Road. #5 Revise RR Exhibits Additional Services: 1. TxDOT initiated a meeting with City of Baytown, the Union Pacific RR and Larson /Burns to identify Union Pacific RR concerns regarding both the at -grade and underpass crossings. 2. Larson /Burns was directed to revise two RR exhibits per Union Pacific Rail road comments and resubmitted for approval. #6 Revise design details and sections Additional Services: 1. Revise "trail cross sections and details" for the amended alignment between the northern RR bridge and Laredo Street including the underpass at the Market Street Bridge. 2. Revise "plan and profile sheets" for the amended alignment between the northern RR bridge and Laredo Street including the underpass at the Market Street Bridge. 3. Revise plan and stripping plans for this segment of the trail system. 4. Prepare additional design plans for trail extension north of Texas Avenue. 97 Prepare Service Road Plans Additional Services: 1. In review meetings that were attended by Larson /Burns, City of Baytown and TxDOT, information was made available about reducing the overall cost of the project through a TOOT waiver process. TOOT pointed out an opportunity to reduce overall cost of construction by relocating the trail to one lane of the Hwy 146 service drive between Arizona Street and Main Street. The City of Baytown directed Larson /Burns to prepare the waiver requests in an effort to reduce the cost of the overall project. 2. The waiver requests for taking one lane of the service drive for the trail was not approved by TOOT without the addition of a replacement lane west of the trail. Larson /Burns was directed to revise design details and sections to include an additional service lane between Arizona and Main Street and relocate the trail to the east lane of the service drive. The revisions included the following: a. Preparation of an additional traffic control plan for the construction of the additional lane, b. Revise the cross sections to reflect the relocation of the trail and additional service lane and barriers. C. Revise the plan and profile drawings to reflect the relocation of the trail ® and additional service lane and barriers, d. Revise the stripping and signage sheets, 2 Larson /Burns, Inc. 1108 West Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 512.476.1559 0 #8 Coordinate scour analysis with civil Additional Services: 1. Coordinated with the civil engineer regarding the TxDOT's requirement for "scour analysis" at both pedestrian bridges: #9 Prepare 404 permit Additional Services: "Environmental assessments as required by the owner" (2.6.12) and "Meetings with all appropriate regulatory agencies, other than those listed in the Basic Services, having control over the project and prepare drawings and documentation required of such agencies" (2.6.11) are identified in the Additional Services section of the contract. Additional services to prepare the 404 Pennit include: 1. Prepare drawings for the permit application, text information and the permit package as directed by TxDOT. #10 Meeting with Corps of Engineers Additional Services: Attend meeting in Houston with representatives from the City of Baytown, TxDOT and the Galveston Bay Association on 2/8199 per TxDOT's request for the 404 Permit review. #11 Meeting with TPWD Additional Services: Attend meeting in Galveston with representatives from the City of Baytown, TxDOT, Texas Parks and Recreation Department, and the Galveston Bay Association on 2117/99 per TxDOT's request for the 404 permit review. #12 Meeting with Galveston Bay Association Additional Services: Attended meeting in Baytown with representatives from the City of Baytown, TxDOT and the Galveston Bay Association on 2122/99 for the 404 permit. #13 Additional Meeting in Baytown Additional Services: 1. To gain approval from The Galveston Bay Association, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, it was determined that the trail should be re- aligned to avoid trash - filled lowlands that could be restored into viable wetlands. From the re- designed plans prepared by Larson /Burns, the permit was awarded. 2. Site visit to evaluate staking of trail by surveyors and modify trail drawings ® accordingly. 3 Larson /Burns, Inc. 1108 West Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 512.476.1559 C #14 Coordinate with surveyor for additional services Additional Services: 1. Site visit and -meeting with surveyors to determine possibility and viability of passing under the northern set of RR tracks. 2. Determine surveyor scope of work and limits of survey for additional survey work. 3. Coordinated additional surveying effort and base map updating with surveyor. (2.6.15) #15 Prepare cost for additional items Additional Services: 1. Prepare cost analysis for additional RR bridge underpass and trail relocation between the rail road bridges due to environmental concerns identified in 404 Permit. 2. Prepare cost analysis for service lane/trail revisions between Arizona Street and Main Street. 3. Prepare cost analysis for realigned trail under Market Street, through Airhart tract, and connection to south end of Laredo Street. #16 Coordinate with civil engineer for additional services Additional Services: Coordinate additional services for civil and structural engineers for scour analysis, canopy engineering for additional RR underpass and new underpass at Market Street. Coordinated additional services for structural on revised pedestrian bridges. #17 Design RR Canopies Additional Services: Revise the protective canopy design to include a complex retractable canopy system and extend canopy to full width of the rail road ROW. Coordinate structural requirements with engineer. #18 Incorporate revisions into contract documents Additional Services: Revise 21 plan and profile sheets to incorporate all the approved design revisions listed above into 60% complete construction documents. 4 Larson /Burns, Inc. 1108 West Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 512.476.1559 LARSONBURNS, INC. GOOSE CREEK STREAM GREENBELT, PRASE III Additional Services May 20;1999 Estimated Time in Manhours Work Categories Principal Associate Professional Stair Phase Three: Construction Documents Additional Services Investigate alternate trail alignment 24 0 0 Alignment review meeting with Owner 8 8 0 Revise bridge drawings 40 8 0 Prepare RR Exhibits 32 4 0 Revise RR Exhibits 24 13 0 Revise design details and sections 60 16 0 Prepare service road plans 20 12 0 Coordinate scour analysis with civil 12 4 4 Prepare 404 Permit 60 10 0 Meeting with Corps of Engineers 12 0 0 Meeting with TPWD 12 0 0 Meeting with Galveston Bay Assoc. 12 0 4 Additional meeting with Baytown 24 8 0 Coord. with surveyor for add services 24 0 8 Prepare cost for additional items 48 8 0 Coordinate with civil for add services 24 4 4 Design RR canopies 40 8 0 Incorporate revisions into contract 44 12 30 SUBTOTAL for Additional Services D/DUADDLAIL W K4 KI 520 115 50 Technical Clerical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 24 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 0 4 17 LARSON /BURNS, INC. GOOSE CREEK STREAM GREENBELT, PHASE III May 20, 1999 Additional Services Total Cost Breakdoi-m C�assifcation Iiours Rate Cost. Principal 520 $24.00 $12,480.00 Associate 115 $15.62 $1,796.30 Professional Staff 50 $16.85 $842.50 Technical /CADD 42 $12.50 $525.00 Clerical 17 $9.04 $153.68 Subtotal 744 $15,797.48 Dvuunnncosr.wxa v ATTACHM. ENT 'D' LARSON /BURNS, INC. GOOSE CREEK STREAM GREENBELT, PHASE III May 20, 1999 Additional Services Summary of Costs: Consultant Huurs pir I xwr 9�'hd �I .0 1 i�te ee ) Total Additional Service 744 $15,797 $25,275 $4,929 $46,000 i -i-rect Cnsts. Units aantity Costs Additional Services - Gebhard /Sauna Larson/Burns, Inc. Reimbursable Expenses Reproduction total Mileage (4 trips) miles Materials & Supplies total Mailing and Tcleco munication total Total Direct Costs TOTAL ADDITIONAL SERVICES COSTS 1250 $0.28 Summary of Additional Services Costs Larson/Burns, Inc. $46,000 Gebhard/Sarma $13,100 Reimbursable Expenses Vm Total Project $60,000 TOW-1 $13,100 $400 $350 $150 $0 $14,000 $60,000 0/eun0DSU,M M.WK4