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Council authorizes negotiations with EMT for Creek on the Blue Mile engineering design
Summary
Statesboro council authorized staff to negotiate with EMT Engineering Services, Inc., to provide design services for the Creek on the Blue Mile project, a multi-year effort that state and federal partners have reviewed; staff said federal requirements and bridge work will be part of the design scope.
Statesboro City Council authorized staff to enter negotiations with EMT Engineering Services, Inc., to perform engineering design services for the Creek on the Blue Mile project, a long-running local effort the city said has involved state review and federal funding conditions.
City staff told the council the project has been in development more than a decade and that the city reissued a request for qualifications after terminating an earlier consultant relationship. "We had to go back through our RFQ process," a staff presenter said, and explained that state reviewers participated in the RFQ evaluation. Staff recommended negotiating with EMT because that firm has prior involvement in the project and would reduce the need to restart design work.
Staff described federal requirements tied to bridge work and federal funding: the presentation noted U.S. Department of Transportation funding was expected to cover replacement of three bridges referenced as Main Street, Fair Road and a third crossing, and that the project must pass applicable PDP (project development process) steps and satisfy federal procurement and review rules to use the federal funds. Staff said selecting a firm already familiar with the project would save time and reduce the necessity of starting design from scratch.
Council approved the authorization to negotiate with EMT after a motion, second and voice vote recorded as "aye." Staff said negotiations will continue consistent with the RFQ and funding requirements, and the final contract will be brought back to council for approval as required by procurement rules and federal funding conditions.
