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MEMORANDUM NCDA Executive Committee Agenda Item #4 NCDA Agenda Item #2b Date: July 2, 2003 To: Northstar Corridor Development Authority From: Staff Subject: Selection of Technical Consultant for Advanced Preliminary Engineering Services The Northstar Corridor Project has completed Preliminary Engineering and the Final Environmental Impact Statement including a Record of Decision by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the State of Minnesota. The next step in project development is to refine information developed through the preliminary engineering and provide updated project data to the FTA Section 5309 New Starts Program. Specifically, the travel demand forecast must be revised and brought up to date with 2000 census data, two potential additional stations evaluated, and results reported to NCDA, Mn/DOT, and FTA. The NCDA issued a request for proposals for Advanced Preliminary Engineering services on May 23, 2003. The RFP was mailed to 33 firms and a notice of request for proposals was published in the Minnesota State Register, the Construction Bulletin, the Anoka Union and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The scope of work for this project includes: a travel demand forecast which would include opening year and twenty year forecasts of commuter rail and TSM bus ridership for the Northstar Corridor and forecasts of ridership with additional potential station sites; a recommendation for station location within the cities of Sauk Rapids and Ramsey and a report evaluating the project impacts of one or both station additions and a conceptual layout of the proposed station sites; and, assistance to the NCDA and Mn/DOT on collection, assimilation and presentation of data and information required by FTA Section 5309 New Starts Criteria and Request to Begin Final Design. Three firms responded to the RFP: Kimley-Horn & Associates, Wilbur Smith and Associates, and PB Consult, Inc.. All three firms were interviewed on June 27. An evaluation team was formed to evaluate the responses to the RFP. The team included the following members: Tim Yantos, NCDA Project Director Mike Schadauer, MN/DOT Mark Filipi, Metropolitan Council Ken Stevens, NCDA Project Management Team Mary Richardson, NCDA Project Management Team and RRA Jan Lucke, RRA 1 Northstar Corridor Develop~nent Authority 2100 3''~ Avenue, Anoka, Minnesota 55303-2265 (763) 323-5700 Fax: (763) 323-5682 www. northstartrain.or~_