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Naples CRA selects Kimley Horn and Associates to pursue EDA grant for 5th Avenue South and Suggins Plaza
Summary
At a special Naples CRA meeting, members approved a resolution selecting Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc. as the top-ranked firm to prepare an Economic Development Administration disaster supplemental grant application and authorized a Phase 1 professional services agreement for $310,702 plus a $20,000 owner's contingency to support preliminary design and environmental work for 5th Avenue South and Suggins Plaza improvements.
The City of Naples Community Redevelopment Agency approved a resolution selecting Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc. as the top-ranked and most qualified engineering firm to prepare and submit an Economic Development Administration (EDA) disaster supplemental grant application for improvements to 5th Avenue South and Suggins Plaza. The agency authorized a Phase 1 professional services agreement in the amount of $310,702 with an owner's contingency allowance of $20,000 and authorized the executive director to execute the agreement.
A staff member read the resolution to the board, saying, "Resolution selecting Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, as the top ranked and most qualified engineering firm to provide professional services to prepare and submit an Economic Development Administration disaster supplemental grant application." Staff further described the contract as covering Phase 1 services to support preliminary design and environmental review needed to pursue the EDA disaster supplemental grant.
Agency staff told members the item is a companion to a City Council action that previously authorized the city to pursue the same EDA grant and related preliminary work. The staff explanation framed the consultant agreement as the necessary step to develop grant materials and complete initial design and environmental tasks that would make the 5th Avenue South and Suggins Plaza redesign eligible for EDA funding.
A committee member moved to approve the resolution and the board approved the motion by voice vote; the chair declared the motion passed. The agenda item was taken from the consent/agenda process and approved during the special meeting. The executive director is authorized to execute the professional services agreement and the contract is effective immediately upon execution unless the agency records a different effective date.
No public comment was recorded on this item at the meeting. The agency did not provide a recorded roll-call tally in the transcript; the approval is recorded as having passed by voice vote in the meeting record.
