City of Nashua coment
Community Development Division Gone Enforee nent
City Hall, 229 Main Street, PO Box 2019 Frangportetion Department
Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-2019 waerways
Date: June 13, 2017
To: Alderman Brian McCarthy and Alderman Lori Wilshire
From: Sarah Marchant, Community Development Division Director
Re: State of NH DOT appropriation for Construction Engineering Services for Park and Ride
The City of Nashua was awarded a NH Department of Transportation (NH DOT) Congestion
Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) program grant in fiscal year 2012, to design and construct a new
Park and Ride facility located at 25 Crown Street. This Park and Ride facility will allow for ride
sharing and would also provide parking for a passenger rail station in the future. The City
purchased the property at 25 Crown Street in 2012 using funds from this grant for the purpose
of developing this Park and Ride facility.
In compliance with the NH DOT funding for this project, the selection of an engineering firm
followed the Local Public Agency rules through a Request for Qualifications process, with
McFarland Johnson being selected. Due to the expedited timeframe for this project the
construction engineering services, required to ensure construction meets all requirements,
were also included in the original RFQ.
NH DOT approved an amendment to McFarland Johnson’s original contract to provide
construction engineering services to complete the project. The amended contract totals
$169,229.11 and was approved at the May 17, 2017 Finance Committee meeting. The original
CMAQ funds used to purchase the property and construct the new Park & Ride facility are not
sufficient to cover all costs of the construction engineering contract. To finalize all project costs
the State of NH has agreed to fund an additional $97,923.28 (80%), to be matched by the City
from funds remaining in the FY17 Community Development salaries budget at a total cost of
$24,480.82 (20%). The remaining $46,825.01 of the contract will be covered by the original
CMAQ grant funds.
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