File #: 24-0608    Version: 1 Name: Landscape Architect Consultant Team Selection - Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 & 2026 Mecklenburg County Park & Greenway Projects
Type: Consent Status: Consent
File created: 10/18/2024 In control: Asset/Facility Management
On agenda: 11/6/2024 Final action:
Title: Landscape Architect Consultant Team Selection - Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 & 2026 Mecklenburg County Park & Greenway Projects
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Title
Landscape Architect Consultant Team Selection - Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 & 2026 Mecklenburg County Park & Greenway Projects

Action
ACTION:
Authorize the County Manager to negotiate fees and terms and conditions to execute contracts with selected firms for Landscape Architectural/Engineering Services for FY25 & FY26 Mecklenburg County Park & Greenway Projects and in the event negotiations with any of the firms are unsuccessful, approve negotiations with the alternate firm.


Staff Contact: Jennifer Brooks, PLA, ASLA, Project Manager, Asset and Facility Management


Presentation: No


BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Mecklenburg County has the need to select and contract with professional design firms for the design of the following capital projects funded in FY25 & FY26:

Greenways:
McDowell Creek Greenway - Stratford Forest Connector
McMullen Creek Greenway - Reinvestment
McAlpine Creek Greenway - Reinvestment
Four Mile Creek Greenway - White Oak Connector
Irwin Creek Greenway @ Clanton Rd.
Irwin Creek Greenway @ Hamilton
LSC Greenway - Pine Valley Connector

Park Development/Renovation:
Bryant Park
MLK Park
Grier Heights Park
Rozelles Ferry & Haymarket Nature Preserve
Berryhill Nature Preserve
Waymer Park
Kilborne Park
Nevin Park
Colonel Francis Beatty Park
Sugaw Creek Park
Shuffletown Park
Renaissance Park
Idlewild Rd. Park
Robert L. Smith Park

Added Amenities at Multiple Combined Sites:
Pickleball Courts (combined)
Park Connections (combined)
Spraygrounds (combined)
Dog Parks (combined)



PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised on May 2, 2024, in the Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte Post, the GreaterDiversity.com newsletter, and the State of North Carolina Interactive Purchasing System web site. The selection of the consulting firms followed NC General Statute 143-64.31, which prescribes a qualifications-based selection process.

Per the Board's instructions, the Selection Committee submits the following r...

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