Committee delays action on $15 million sidewalk services contract, asks DOTI for benchmarks

Denver's Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday postponed consideration of a proposed on-call professional services contract that would give the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) up to $15,000,000 in capacity over three years to support the city's new sidewalk program.

The committee's request came after DOTI staff described the contract as covering program management, public communications, a citywide sidewalk master plan required by ordinance, and preconstruction and design services. DOTI legislative liaison Elena McWhorter said the master plan will “kick off this summer” and that the contract would let the city move prioritized corridors into design. Geneva Hooten, the city's sidewalk program director, said the contract would fund a range of services including “program management services, master planning services, communication…