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File #: 2020-0395    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 6/5/2020 In control: Committee on Public Works
On agenda: 6/9/2020 Final action: 6/23/2020
Enactment date: 6/23/2020 Enactment #: 277
Effective date: 6/26/2020    
Title: Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a First Amendment to the Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and Pashek + MTR, for professional landscape architectural services for Arsenal Park Phase I Design, by increasing the total allocation to $544,174.00.
Indexes: AGREEMENTS, AGREEMENTS (AMENDING)
Attachments: 1. 2020-0395 Cover Ltr letter First Amended oncreading Pashek+MTR Arsenal Park, 2. Summary 2020-0395
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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a First Amendment to the Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and Pashek + MTR, for professional landscape architectural services for Arsenal Park Phase I Design, by increasing the total allocation to $544,174.00.

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WHEREAS, a planning process with residents and stakeholders in the communities surrounding Arsenal Park resulted in the Department of City Planning and the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy to develop a Master Plan for Arsenal Park; and

WHEREAS, the Master Plan did not include services for an Archaeology Study; and

WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh 2020 Capital Budget includes an additional $150,000.00 for Arsenal Park Historic Asset Remediation; and

WHEREAS, on February 15, 2019 ,the Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the Department of Public Works, released a Request for Proposals to solicit for landscape architectural services for professional services to complete design documents for Phase I and a selection committee chose a proposal by Pashek + MTR for professional landscape architectural services; and

WHEREAS, City Council approved Resolution No. 344, effective May 30, 2019 authorizing the expenditure of Three Hundred Ninety Four Thousand One Hundred Seventy Four Dollars ($394,174.00) for those professional services; and

WHEREAS, the City desires that Pashek + MTR and selected sub-consultants perform additional professional services for additional compensation, as contemplated in the Request for Proposals, and Pashek + MTR is willing to perform additional professional services for additional compensation;

Section 1. Resolution No. 344, effective May 30, 2019, entitled "The Mayor and the Director of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and Pashek + MTR, , for the professional la...

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