Attachment A _ Scope of Services.pdf

Request for Proposals for Professional Engineering Services Page 1 City of Canton Canton Creek Pedestrian and Sidewalk Improvement Project Scope of Services

ATTACHMENT A

SCOPE OF SERVICES

for

CITY OF CANTON

Canton Creek Pedestrian Bridge and Sidewalk Improvement Project

66114-24-RFP-0104

I. Project Description:

In October of 2023, the City of Canton was awarded the Improving Neighborhood Outcomes in Disproportionally Impacted Communities grant through the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget.

The City of Canton is made up of a very diverse group of people. Of the 34,000 plus residents, 27% of those residents are Hispanic, which is more than double other cities, including Atlanta. Most of those Hispanic residents live in an area known as Sunnyside.

Traveling through Sunnyside, you will see a few authentic Mexican restaurants, a Hispanic grocery store, a Mexican bakery, and kids playing soccer. In a Qualified Census Tract that has a 26.3% poverty rate, access to affordable food, clothing, and supplies is a necessity.

The area of Sunnyside is divided by Canton Creek. On the South side is where the majority of the residents of Sunnyside live, and on the north side is a small shopping center that houses a Family Dollar, Salvation Army, and a church that hosts weekly food drives and medical clinics. Access to those resources is such an asset to the Sunnyside community.

Unfortunately, the route to the shopping center from the residential area is extremely unsafe. While there is a sidewalk on the Canton Creek bridge, there is no divider between the narrow travel lanes and the 4’ sidewalk other than the 8” lip the sidewalk sits on. There is also no safe crossing from the sidewalk side of the bridge to the side of the road where the shopping center is currently.

The City of Canton was awarded these grant funds to create a safe route to the shopping center from the residential areas. The proposed project consists of all new 140’ prefab pedestrian bridge and 250’ additional 8’ wide sidewalk, as well as a crosswalk with rapid beacon.

Grant Overview:

“Investments in neighborhood features, including parks, recreation facilities, sidewalks, and healthy food access, can work to improve physical and mental health outcomes. Allowing people access to nature, including parks, has been connected to decreased levels of mortality and illness and increased well-being. Urban Park use during the COVID–19 pandemic may have declined among lower-income individuals. Encouraging physical activity can also play a role in health outcomes, as a sedentary lifestyle is a risk factor for chronic diseases and more severe COVID–19 outcomes. Parks, recreation facilities, and sidewalks can promote healthier living environments by allowing for safe and socially distanced recreation during the

COVID– 19 pandemics.

The US Treasury final rule includes enumerated eligible uses in disproportionately impacted communities for developing neighborhood features that promote improved

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The final rule also recognizes that the public health impacts of the pandemic are broader than just the COVID–19 disease itself and include substantial impacts on mental health and public safety challenges like rates of violent crime, which are correlated with a neighborhood’s-built environment and features.”

The City of Canton is requesting proposals from qualified and experienced Engineering firms to perform engineering design for the proposed Prefabricated Pedestrian bridge over Canton

Creek, additional sidewalk, and crosswalk with rapid beacon. A Concept has been prepared depicting the approximate location of the bridge.

Selected Engineering Design firm will provide full professional services for data gathering, property research, surveying, landscape architecture, civil design, hydrology and hydraulic design, floodplain study, all necessary permits including but not limited to Army Corps of

Engineers Permits, permits from multiple branches of GA EPD, and engineer of record services during construction. The selected firm will conduct a minimum of two City Council presentations.

The City of Canton is seeking a consultant team to complete the preliminary engineer and environmental work to obtain the necessary environmental permits to prepare the project for construction bidding, including through development of Plans, Specification, and

Estimates.

The City of Canton requests proposals from firms with experience in similar types of projects. The successful Consultant shall hold relevant certifications and have experience with and knowledge of the various technical aspects of bridge design, topographic surveying, identifying land ownership, environmental studies and permitting, cost analysis, identifying and coordinating with impacted utilities, obtaining utility clearance, and developing construction plans and specifications for bidding by the City of Canton.

II. Scope:

The City of Canton is seeking proposals for consideration to accomplish the following:

1. Data Collection and Survey Services

a. Perform Data Collection and prepare a survey database including but not limited to:

i. Property lines, rights-of-ways, streets, sidewalks, intersections, and easements

ii. Topography

iii. Trees

iv. Above/under ground utilities

v. Sanitary/Storm sewers, manholes/catch basins/drop inlets/curb inlets

vi. Point of wrested vegetation, State 25’ buffer

vii. FEMA Floodplain

viii. Other site elements required for prefab pedestrian bridge over Canton

Creek

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2. Geotechnical Investigation

a. The consultant firm shall have experience with all aspects of geotechnical design related to embankments and bridges in Georgia.

b. The Consultant’s team shall have working knowledge of:

i. Geotechnical industry standards

ii. Local, State, and federal laws and regulations that pertain to subsurface explorations.

c. The Consultant shall have geotechnical software capable of performing analyses such as slope stability, settlement, pile design and other geotechnical analyses as may be requested by the City of Canton.

d. Consultant shall provide both a geotechnical engineering report and an executive summary to the City of Canton for any completed subsurface exploration, laboratory testing or geotechnical analysis.

3. Environmental Permitting, Studies, and Documentation:

a. Necessary Environmental Studies, including but not limited to:

i. Floodplain

ii. Hydrology

iii. Land Disturbance and Erosion Control Permit from the City of Canton

iv. GA EPA Stream Buffer Variance and Flood Study approval as necessary.

v. Section 404 Permitting as necessary.

b. Agency Coordination

4. Bridge, Abutment, Sidewalk, and Crosswalk Alignment and Preliminary Design

a. Database drawing combining all data.

b. Convert Bridge, Abutment, Sidewalk, and Crosswalk concept into a buildable preliminary alignment based on the field data for review by the City.

c. Receive and incorporate comments from city staff and elected officials.

d. Prepare environmental studies, documentation reports.

e. Coordination and conflict resolution of any and all existing utility facilities.

f. Prepare preliminary construction plans and final construction plans.

i. Concept

ii. 50%

iii. 90%

iv. 100%

g. Prepare project cost estimates for construction, easements, and utility relocation for the following phases: Concept, 50% Plans, 90% Plans, and Final

Plans.

h. Provide certification by a Georgia Registered Professional Engineer for design and construction plans.

5. City of Canton Coordination and meetings

a. City Review meetings

b. Coordination meetings with other agencies, as needed.

c. City Council Presentations (2 anticipated)

d. Monthly Project Reports

e. Invoice monthly

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f. Attend pre-bid meeting, pre-construction meeting as Engineer of Record and respond to written and verbal questions.

6. Final Design Development & Project Management

a. Final Construction Plans

b. 100% design drawings

c. Conduct monthly project coordination meetings.