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r li��p," I EOOK l� FAGS 4�I� ZA I-95/0SLO ROAD INTERCHANGE JusTIFICATIONREPORT PROJECT - CONSIDERATION OF CONSULTANT RANKINGS - REYNOLDS, SMITH & HILLS The Board reviewed a Memorandum of June 29, 1998: TO: James Chandler County Administrator THROUGH: Robert M. Keating, AICP M K— Community Development Director FROM: Jacob Riger T MPO Staff Planner DATE: June 29, 1998 SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF CONSULTANT RANKINGS FOR I-95/OSL0 ROAD INTERCHANGE JUSTIFICATION REPORT (IJR) PROJECT It is requested that the information presented herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of July 7, 1998. One of the transportation improvements incorporated within the Indian River County Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO) 2020 Long Range Transportation Plan is an interchange at I-95 and Oslo Rd (91s St. SW). The interchange is reflected in the plan because of the area's growth potential. In Indian River County as well as elsewhere, constructing an interchange is dependent upon state and federal approval of an Interchange Justification Report (UR). Before funding and construction may occur, an IJR must adequately justify the need for an interchange. At its February 10, 1998 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners approved the execution of a Joint Participation Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to fund the preparation of the IJR, but to delay the consultant selection process to allow time for other development proposals that would increase the need and justification for an interchange to emerge in the I-95/Oslo Rd. area The Board also directed staff not to initiate the consultant selection process without prior authorization from the Board. Due to a change in project -related circumstances, which relate to the possibility of funding for the construction of the interchange to be made available in the near future, staff obtained authorization from the Board at its April 14, 1998 meeting to initiate the consultant selection process for this project. Therefore, on April 15, 1998, staff issued RFP # 8055 to solicit the services of a consultant to prepare the IJR. After the RFP closing date of May 13, 1998, staff assembled a consultant selection committee to shortlist the consultant firms that responded to the RFP and to rank the shortlisted candidates for approval by the Board The committee members are: Bob Keating, Chris Mora, Jim Davis, and Jim Scully (FDOT). Of the six firms that responded to the RFP by the closing date, the following four firms were shortlisted: Glatting Jackson; Keith and Schnars; Post Buckley; and Reynolds, Smith, and Hills. All four firms gave presentations to the consultant selection committee on Friday, June 26, 1998. On the basis of those presentations, the consultant selection committee ranked the four fines in order of preference as follows: Reynolds, Smith, and Hills (RSH); Glatting Jackson; Post Buckley; and Keith and Schnars. JULY 79 1998 -8- 0 0