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CONSENT <br />AGENDA <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: <br />THROUGH: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />SUBJECT: <br />Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />Stan Boling, ltICP Community Development Director <br />Phil Matson, AICP; MPO Staff Director f n'1 <br />Brian Freeman, AICP; Senior Transportation Planner I3 F <br />March 26, 2015 <br />Request for Project Administration Consultant Approval for the New Main <br />Transit Hub <br />It is requested that the information herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of <br />County Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 14, 2015. <br />DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS <br />The GoLine is Indian River County's fixed -route public transportation system. The GoLine's Main <br />Transit Hub is served by seven routes, which connect at the Main Transit Hub each hour. At this <br />time, the Main Transit Hub is located at a temporary location near the Vero Beach Airport. <br />On April 16, 2013, the Board of County Commissioners approved a 40 -year lease agreement with the <br />City of Vero Beach to construct and operate a new transit hub on a city -owned parcel. The new <br />transit hub will be located on the south side of 16th Street adjacent to the FEC Railroad. The design <br />and construction of the new transit hub is being funded by a federal Bus Livability Grant and a state <br />Park and Ride Grant. Together, these two grants are providing $1,218,642 for the project, with no <br />local match required. <br />ANALYSIS <br />On January 3, 2014, a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was issued for a project administration <br />services consultant for the new transit hub. The RFQ was advertised in the Press -Journal as well as <br />on the interne via Demandstar. In addition to the RFQ for a project administration consultant, a <br />separate RFQ was issued for architectural and engineering services related to the transit hub's design. <br />Through the selection process associated with that RFQ, the engineering firm of Schulke, Bittle, and <br />F:\Community Development\Users\MPO\Meetings\BCC\2015\transit hub project admin contract.docx 1 <br />47 <br />