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Approval of a resolution authorizing the Interim President & CEO, or their designee, to include additional funding of $3,500,000 in an existing contract with Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. for an in-progress Design-Build project for the McKalla Rail Station for a total contract amount not to exceed $20,133,945.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this action is available in the FY2022 & FY 2023 Capital Budget
STRATEGIC PLAN:
Strategic Goal Alignment:
☒ 1. Customer ☒ 2. Community
☐ 3. Workforce ☐ 4. Organizational Effectiveness
Strategic Objectives:
☐ 1.1 Safe & Reliable Service ☒1.2 High Quality Customer Experience ☐ 1.3 Accessible System
☐ 2.1 Support Sustainable Regional Growth ☐ 2.2 Become a Carbon Neutral Agency
☒ 2.3 Responsive to Community and Customer Needs ☐ 2.4 Regional Leader in Transit Planning
☐ 3.1 Diversity of Staff ☐ 3.2 Employer of Choice ☐ 3.3 Expand Highly Skilled Workforce
☐ 4.1 Fiscally Responsible and Transparent ☐ 4.2 Culture of Safety ☐ 4.3 State of Good Repair
EXPLANATION OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT: The McKalla Station will serve as a key transit option for Q2 stadium customers and serve the greater community as an expanded daily service option for the MetroRail Red Line. This station will ultimately replace Kramer Station when completed.
BUSINESS CASE: The McKalla Station project is an essential part of addressing the transportation and mobility needs of the Austin community, increasing access to entertainment, jobs, and services in a reliable, safe, and convenient manner. The station design will facilitate multimodal transportation options including travel by foot, bicycle, bus, rideshare and other active transit options. Large residential areas exist to the east of the proposed station, and there are major commercial, retail, and university facilities in the vicinity. The funding for this action is available in the FY2022 Capital Budget and the five-year capital improvement plan.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: This item will be presented to the full board on August 29, 2022.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The McKalla Station Project consists of three individual projects that will lead to a completed station. Project 3 is currently underway, and Project 1 is currently in procurement for Board consideration in the fall of 2022.
This Design-Build contract is for McKalla Station Project 2, which includes the design, construction, and delivery of a fully functioning passenger rail station in accordance with CapMetro’s technical requirements, guidelines, and all other provisions. This contract amendment will allow some work from Project 1 -- which is actually the third project on the construction timeline -- to be accelerated, thereby reducing impacts to transit and freight customers. More specifically, this contract amendment will provide for construction of a shoofly (temporary reroute) track (1,700 track feet) and three retaining walls to be added to the Design-Build project (Project 2) and will improve the schedule of construction for the platforms on the east & west sides of the station and keep the passenger and freight service operational.
All work added to the Design-Build contract at this time will be removed from the current scope of the Double Track and Drainage Improvement Project currently in procurement (Project 1). This will ensure timely completion of the station in late 2023.
A summary of Project 2: Passenger Station (McKalla/MLS Rail Station Design Build Contract)
• New rail platforms and queuing areas
• Platform canopies
• Site development outside the rail ROW
• Pedestrian path, ramps, and stairs Platform handrails, guardrails, and station fencing
• All access and connectivity to Austin FC Stadium Plaza Area
• Platform drainage and utility relocation and upgrades
• Station platform amenities (bike racks, ticket machines, digital message signs, wayfinding signage, cameras, Wi-Fi, emergency phones)
• Landscaping
• Area lighting
• Shoofly Track-1700 TF including reverse curves
• Three (3) Retaining Walls
DBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: Does not apply.
PROCUREMENT: The original contract procurement was conducted pursuant to the Design Build Procedure for Certain Civil Works Projects, Texas Government Code Title 10, Chapter 2269, Subchapter H to procure design and construction services. CapMetro staff identified an opportunity to add scope to Project 2 and reduce scope in Project 1, facilitating an acceleration of the project schedule. The design-build contractor, Stacey Witbeck Inc., was asked to provide a technical proposal and a cost proposal for the additional scope of work. The cost proposal was further negotiated based on prevailing market rates and as per the current trend of significant increase in the construction material and labor costs. The existing contract is in an amount not to exceed $16,633,945 that includes a contingency of $2,169,645. The agreed cost for the change is $5,000,142. The additional funding requested per this board resolution at the August 29th Board meeting is in the amount of $3,500,000 which would bring the total contract amount not to exceed $20,133,945.
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Capital Construction and Facilities Management
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RESOLUTION
OF THE
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2022-536
WHEREAS, The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors and Capital Metro Management endeavor to provide the best customer experience and to better serve Central Texas residents; and
WHEREAS, The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors and Capital Metro Management recognize the need to add additional scope to the contract for the design and construction (Design-Build) of the McKalla Station Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors authorizing the Interim President & CEO, or her designee, to include additional funding of $3,500,000 to an existing contract with Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. for an in-progress Design Build project for the McKalla Rail Station for a total contract amount not to exceed $20,133,945.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Leslie Pool