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Date: August 17, 2020
To: Jim Donchess, Mayor
From: Sarah Marchant, Community Development Director
Re: Finance Committee — Professional Engineering Services ~ City Hall Parking Lots
In 2018 the Nashua Transit System (NTS) was awarded a 1.3 million dollar 5339 competitive
grant from the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) to purchase on last CNG bus
(complete) and approximately $720,000 towards the rehabilitation of the Transit Center and its
surrounding infrastructure. The Transit Center currently presents a number of infrastructure and
safety concerns from the deteriorating drainage and pavement, to ice and snow from the roof to
insufficient bathroom facilities. Matching funding includes a 7.5% match ($71,800) from the
State of NH (accepted in R-18-091) and 7.5 % matching ($71,800) budgeted funds in the
Transportation Department.
In October, 2019 the City entered into contract with Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI) after a
competitive process, to provide professional engineering services for the Transit Center Retrofit
Project. Through the preliminary .design and engineering process the internal city team
including staff from Economic Development, Parking, Administrative Services, Community
Development and Public Works has realized the configuration of the two parking lots at the back
of City Hall, accessed via Elm Street, merit further study in conjunction with this project.
As the Transit Center Project is a discrete, federally funded project, which has fully committed
its grant and matching funds, the redesign of the rear parking lots to better accommodate traffic
flow and parking for the community to access City Hall needs a separate funding source and
contract. GPI has provided a separate scope as detailed in the attached contract to complete the
parking design and engineering alongside the Transit Center Project but as a separate project.
The Parking Department has committed funds for this project.
Based on the competitive process the City went through to enter into contract with GPI and the
process of the Transit Center Rehabilitation Project bringing this need to the forefront, Economic
Development and Community Development recommend entering into contract for $36,793.77
with GPI for survey, design and engineering of the City Hall Parking Lot Retrofit. Once final
design and engineering are complete, the project will go out to bid for construction.
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