HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
FROM
Mary Conway
Chief of Operat
Ga fa ant
A istant Director
Capital Improvements
DATE
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES
ENCLOSURES
S/] 7/2006
Continuation of Services
Gannett Fleming
FILE :
-Gannett Fleming, Inc. has previously been engaged to prepare a Basis of Design Report
(BODR) for the Civic Center Implementation fan. The BODR will consist of a report
and conceptual drawings with recommended streetscape improvements, way -finding
signage, gateway monuments, and other transportation and transit enhancements for the
'Civic Center/Health District area that will serve to improve safety, address mobility
needs and create a community where people can work, live, and recreate. The BODR
will also include a shuttle/circulator study with a preferred alignment route that is
physically and operationally viable and a detailed financial plan, including anticipated
capital, operating and maintenance costs and potential grant programs and funding
opportunities at the state and local levels that the City can pursue for the implementation
of the proposed circulator project. The reconvnendations in the report will be
prioritized on a needs basis to enable the City to subsequently advance the projects to a
final design phase. The additional services will ,consist of work -associated with
trensitioning from a conceptual BODR to a feasible implementation plan/strategy that
will enable the City and the Miami Partnership to jointly move forward in a consensus
environment with the recomnendedl irprovernents. The I3ODR and the Civic Center
Implementation Plan will be prepared in accordance with the Miami Partnership's goals
and objectives for the Health District as well as with the guiding principles and
regulations of MIAMI 21.
Gannett Fleming has been previously engaged by Duany Plater Zyberk under contract by
the planning Department to prepare the Transportation Element of the MIAMI 21 project.
Additional services are being requested in association with the transportation component
for the current es well as future quadrants of the MIAMI 21 project. The additional
services will consist of the development of travel.demand management (TDM) strategies,
parking requirements, access management guidelines,collecting information on future
transportation projects and corridors, additional public outreach and internal and
intergovernmental coordination meetings, and guidance and training with regards to
transitioning to the new MIAMI 21 zoning code from the standpoint of trarasport.ation and
mobility needs.