CLEVELAND – The Board of Trustees of the Greater Cleveland
Regional Transit Authority (RTA) will meet at 9 am. on Tuesday, June 30, at
RTA's Main Office, 1240
W. Sixth St.
Planning and Development Committee
Maribeth
Feke, Director, Programming and Planning, and Frank Polivka, Director of
Procurement, will update the Board on the award of a construction contract
for the new, re-located rail station at East 55th Street. The
station, now located at 2890
E. 55th St., serves both light rail and heavy rail. The
project will use federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Later in the day, the Board is expected
to consider resolution 2009-48, as listed below.
Maribeth
Feke, Director, Programming and Planning, will present a negotiated
procurement to hire a consultant to perform an alternative analysis for
the Blue Line
Corridor, especially the Warrensville
Center Road-Van Aken Boulevard intersection. Part of the project will
use federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) of 2009. Later in the day, the Board is expected to consider
resolution 2009-45, as listed below.
Operations Committee
Michael
York, Deputy General Manager, Operations, will present information on a
$3.2 million change order to the light-rail vehicle (LRV) overhaul
program. This would raise the project total to $25.76 million. Later in
the day, the Board is expected to consider resolution 2009-51, as listed
below.
The regular Board
meeting will follow the Committee meetings. The Board will consider resolutions
to:
2009-42: Re-appoint Citizens Advisory Board members Brad
Chase and Mary Vadas Reese to three-year terms. The group has 20 volunteer
members. Chase has served since 2006, and is now the Chair, Reese since
2003.
2009-44: Award a contract to Bialosky
+ Partners Architects LLC of Cleveland for $1.2 million to design a
new Brookpark
Rapid Station, 18010
Brookpark Road. More than 1,400 riders board there each day. About
20.6 percent of the work, or $247,000, would be shared by six DBE firms.
The station opened April 20, 1969. The design of the new facility will
include replacement or reutilization of the present buildings, the drop-off
area (also known as “kiss-and-ride”), bus loop tunnel, platform and
1,000-car parking lot, plus improved landscaping along Brookpark Road. The
project will use federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The 12-acre site is located on the border
of Cleveland and Brook Park. The design is expected to be completed next
summer. Background
2009-45: Authorize a $1.12 million contract
with transportation planning consultant PB
Americas Inc. to perform an alternative analysis/environmental study
for the Blue Line Corridor in Shaker Heights, especially the Warrensville
Center Road-Van Aken Boulevard intersection and the end of the Blue
Line. The study must be completed before work can receive federal New
Starts funding. Part of the contract will use federal stimulus funds from
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. About 19.1
percent of the work, or $213,431, will be shared by 3 DBE firms.
2009-48: Award an $8.54 million
contract with the Albert M.
Higley Co. of Cleveland to build a new, relocated Rapid Transit station
at East 55th Street. This award is 18.5 percent lower than the
original RTA estimate. The current station, built in 1956, serves both
light rail and heavy rail at 2890
East 55th Street. The project includes building a new
station at a new site east of the present station. The station building
will contain about 2,700 square feet, with a new canopy, stairs and
elevator at track level, and an enclosed pedestrian bridge. It will be ADA
compliant. The project will use federal stimulus funds from the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. About 20 percent of the
work, or $1.9 million, will be shared by 8 DBE firms. Background
2009-51: Authorize a $3.2 million
change order and time extension for Bombardier Mass Transit Corp. to
complete the overhaul of the light-rail vehicle (LRV) fleet. This would
raise the project total to $25.76 million.
2009-53: Purchase six parcels of land
(6.7 acres) on the east side of Columbia Road at First Street in Westlake
for $1.9 million, to expand the Westlake Park-N-Ride, 24800
Sperry Road. The expansion is needed to meet the increased demand for
transit during the Innerbelt reconstruction project, and it will add 200
spaces to the current lot of 550 spaces. Part of the purchase will use
federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) of 2009.
NEXT: Committee meetings onJuly 7, full Board meeting on July 21.
