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File #: 25-2695    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Contract - Amendment Status: Passed
File created: 4/23/2025 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 5/8/2025 Final action: 5/8/2025
Title: Request for approval of an amendment to an agreement with Quiddity Engineering, LLC, in the amount of $68,236.00 for professional engineering services to provide improvements to Edgewater Park, UPIN 23103MF2VZ01, Precinct 3, MWBE Contracted Goal: 20%, MWBE Current Participation: 46.19%.
Sponsors: Mony Hossain

Primary Department: County Engineer

Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, ENV SP, County Engineer

 

Secondary Department: N/A

Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A

 

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Contract - Amendment

 

Project ID (if applicable): 23103MF2VZ01

Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Quiddity Engineering, LLC

 

MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 20%

MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 46.19%

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 Quiddity Engineering, LLC, in the amount of $68,236.00 for professional engineering services to provide improvements to Edgewater Park, UPIN 23103MF2VZ01, Precinct 3, MWBE Contracted Goal: 20%, MWBE Current Participation: 46.19%.

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Background and Discussion:

Additional Professional Engineering Services needed (design, engineering, and other pre-construction activities) to move forward with additional park features to include a boat ramp, parking lots, access roads, prefabricated restrooms with six stalls each, a playground, hike and bike trails throughout the park, detention ponds, a pedestrian bridge over a wetland pond, and a fishing pier as requested by Precinct 3.

 

Expected Impact:

To help maintain the current project schedule and to allow for design phase to proceed.

 

Alternative Options:

If this request with Quiddity Engineering, LLC is not approved, the project will not be able to proceed with required additional design work and impact improvements to the park.

 

 

 

 

County Strategic Plan Goal:  2. Connect our community with safe, reliable, equitably distributed, and well-maintained infrastructure.

County Strategic Plan Objective: I: Increase access to safe, clean, and enjoyable green space.

Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1):  N/A

Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2):  N/A

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:

 

Prior Court Action (if any):

Date

Agenda Item #

Action Taken

8/2/2022

62

Approval to Negotiate

5/16/2023

42

Original Agreement Executed

11/14/2023

46

Amendment to Original Agreement Approved

10/29/24

106

Amendment #2 to Amended Agreement Approved

 

Location:

Address (if applicable): 202 Hamblen Rd, Humble, TX 77339

Precinct(s): Precinct 3

 

Fiscal and Personnel Summary

Service Name

 

 

 

Current Fiscal Year Cost

Annual Fiscal Cost

 

Labor

Non-Labor

Total

Recurring Expenses

Funding Sources

 

Existing Budget

 

 

 

 

3239 -Other

$

$68,236

$68,236

$

Choose an item.

$

$

$

$

Choose an item.

$

$

$

$

Total Existing Budget

$

$68,236

$68,236

$

Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form)

 

Choose an item.

$

$

$

$

Choose an item.

$

$

$

$

Choose an item.

$

$

$

$

Total Additional Budget Request

$

$

$

$

Total Funding Sources

$

$68,236

$68,236

$

Grants - Proposed Budget (To be filled out by Grants staff only)

 

Labor

Non-Labor

Total

No. of Grant Years

Local Match Source - Existing Budget: Choose an item.

$

$

$

 

Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request: Choose an item.

$

$

$

 

Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total)

$

$

$

 

Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs)

 

Current Position Count for Service

-

-

-

-

Additional Positions Request

-

-

-

-

Total Personnel

-

-

-

-

 

Anticipated Court Date: 5/8/2025

 

Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): N/A

 

Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item

 

Contact(s) name, title, department: Cassandra Green, P.E.; Director, Technical Services; OCE

 

Attachments (if applicable): Amendment