MONROE - The City of Monroe Common Council passed two resolutions Tuesday that will allow Mahan Rykiel Associates to perform additional design work to include the inner ring of the Square on the downtown improvement project.
Mahan Rykiel Associates, landscape architect subconsultant to Fehr-Graham & Associates, quoted a lump sum fee of $5,680.
The council authorized the cost to be paid out of the Tax Increment District 7 funds.
Updated concepts will be presented to the City of Monroe Oct. 28.
Mahan Rykiel's designs will now include up to two alternatives for mid-block crosswalks from the perimeter to the courthouse and shade trees at the crossing points.
Alternative concepts also will illustrate joint locations for concrete roadway and parking sections to review with Fehr-Graham.
According to Hans Anderson of Fehr-Graham & Associates, in a letter to the city's Board of Public Works, an earlier survey picked up data on the inner ring, so no additional survey work is needed, and no additional surveying cost will be incurred.
When the city made its initial requests for proposals, the inner ring of pavement and courthouse grounds were to be excluded in the Phase 1 design work.
Following Mahan Rykiel's presentations of Phase 1 on Sept. 25 and discussions with Monroe Mayor Ron Marsh and Green County Clerk Mike Doyle, Fehr-Graham was asked to provide a proposal to complete additional surveying and design work for the inner area.
Marsh told members of the Board of Public Works on Monday that doing the street work on the inner and outer rings around the Square at the same time would reduce patches and cracks, and "wouldn't tie up the downtown twice."
The construction project would still be done one side at a time, but with both inner and outer lanes done together, Marsh said.
Mahan Rykiel Associates, landscape architect subconsultant to Fehr-Graham & Associates, quoted a lump sum fee of $5,680.
The council authorized the cost to be paid out of the Tax Increment District 7 funds.
Updated concepts will be presented to the City of Monroe Oct. 28.
Mahan Rykiel's designs will now include up to two alternatives for mid-block crosswalks from the perimeter to the courthouse and shade trees at the crossing points.
Alternative concepts also will illustrate joint locations for concrete roadway and parking sections to review with Fehr-Graham.
According to Hans Anderson of Fehr-Graham & Associates, in a letter to the city's Board of Public Works, an earlier survey picked up data on the inner ring, so no additional survey work is needed, and no additional surveying cost will be incurred.
When the city made its initial requests for proposals, the inner ring of pavement and courthouse grounds were to be excluded in the Phase 1 design work.
Following Mahan Rykiel's presentations of Phase 1 on Sept. 25 and discussions with Monroe Mayor Ron Marsh and Green County Clerk Mike Doyle, Fehr-Graham was asked to provide a proposal to complete additional surveying and design work for the inner area.
Marsh told members of the Board of Public Works on Monday that doing the street work on the inner and outer rings around the Square at the same time would reduce patches and cracks, and "wouldn't tie up the downtown twice."
The construction project would still be done one side at a time, but with both inner and outer lanes done together, Marsh said.