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Staff recommends Kimley Horn to prepare citywide ADA transition plan; TDOT requirement cited
Summary
City staff recommended awarding a professional-services agreement to Kimley Horn to prepare a citywide Americans with Disabilities Act transition plan required by the Tennessee Department of Transportation, with a projected cost ceiling of about $450,000 and an internal budget estimate of roughly $600,000.
City staff recommended the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approve a professional-services agreement with Kimley Horn to prepare a citywide Americans with Disabilities Act transition plan, saying the plan is required by the Tennessee Department of Transportation and is necessary to ensure compliance when the city resurfaces streets.
Gary, a city staff member, told the workshop the city is currently deficient on an ADA transition plan and that state and federal grant programs and resurfacing projects require the city to bring intersections and accessible features into compliance. Gary said the city originally tried to prepare the plan with in-house staff but concluded it lacked the resources and expertise.
Staff said several consultants responded to the request for proposals and that Kimley Horn was the most experienced candidate; Kimley Horn has prepared similar plans for TDOT and other Tennessee jurisdictions, staff said. The city budgeted roughly $600,000 for the program; staff said Kimley Horn projects a ceiling of about $450,000 for the scope.
Gary said the ADA transition plan will be citywide—covering sidewalks, parks and public buildings—and will be coordinated with pavement projects because the city must bring intersections to ADA standards when it resurfaces a street. Staff recommended moving forward with Kimley Horn and noted the work will be coordinated with the pavement program presented earlier in the meeting.
No formal contract award was recorded in the workshop; the item was presented as a recommended professional-services agreement for consideration on the city’s consent agenda at the upcoming formal meeting.
