Primary Department: County Engineer
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, ENV SP, County Engineer
Secondary Department: Commissioner, Precinct 2
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Adrian Garcia, Commissioner
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): UPIN 24102MF33B01
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): AKV Consultants, LLC
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 20.21%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 100%
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of an amendment to an agreement with AKV Consultants, LLC, in the amount of $36,978.00 for Professional Engineering Service in connection with the Design of Sidewalk and Parking - Wesley Community Center - 2023, UPIN 24102MF33B01, Precinct 2, MWBE Contracted Goal: 20.21%, MWBE Current Participation: 100%.
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Background and Discussion:
The County wishes to execute an amendment to an existing agreement with AKV Consultants, LLC. to continue working on the design of improvements to Wesley Community Center. The amendment will allow the consultant to complete designing the improvements, to include approximately 20 on-street parking stalls, 1,000 linear feet of 6-Foot-wide sidewalks and adjusted utilities surrounding the Wesley Community Center.
Expected Impact:
The project addresses an acute parking deficiency issue for Wesley Community Center (WCC), which is located in an extremely developed and urbanized area. WCC has been situated at this location for several decades and offers many welfare and social activities which are well attended by local residents and also adjacent communities. Unfortunately, there is extremely limited parking on site, and the surrounding streets are narrow with two-way traffic further exacerbating the parking. To address this issue Harris County is advancing a design and construction contract in collaboration with City of Houston for converting the existing open drainage ditches to curb and gutter and providing parking and sidewalk on the space above the box culverts. There are many utilities to be relocated that require more effort than anticipated at the time of developing original scope. In addition, the City of Houston revised design standards have stricter tolerance for different utilities to coexist in the same utility trench. Limited ROW and extensive reviews by various SME groups at City of Houston has made design to be more challenging and extensive. This requires the contract to be amended so that the consultant can continue to advance the design.
Alternative Options:
If no action is taken design will not be completed in accordance with the standards required by the CoH to be followed. The parking situation will continue to deteriorate.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.
County Strategic Plan Objective: H: Improve the condition and resilience of County transportation, flood control, and other infrastructure.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): G1: Expand pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure on County-managed roads,
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N/A
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): N/A
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): N/A
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Provide safe, convenient and easily accessible parking adjacent to the Wesley Community Center for residents and surrounding community.
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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09/19/2023 |
153 |
Request for approval to negotiate with AKV Consultants, LLC for Professional Engineering Services in connection with sidewalk and parking improvements around the Wesley Community Center, UPIN 24102MF33B01, Precinct 2. |
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02/27/2024 |
43 |
Request for approval to execute an agreement with AKV CONSULTANTS LLC in the amount of $224,416.24 for Professional Engineering Services to provide the Design of Sidewalk and Parking - Wesley Community Center - 2023 - UPIN 24102MF33B01, Precinct 2, MWDBE Contracted Goal: 97.77%, MWDBE Current Participation: 97.77%. |
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Location:
Address (if applicable): 1410 Lee St, Houston, TX 77009
Precinct(s): Precinct 2
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Anticipated Court Date: 6/11/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Erwin Burden, P.E., CFM, Chief of Engineering & Architectural Services, Office of the County Engineer
Attachments (if applicable): Amendment and exhibits