344-24 Exhibit A-West Orange 2022 SRTS PE Proposal Rev 07-16-2024.pdf

Over 60 offices throughout the United States www.gpinet.com An Equal Opportunity Employer November 13, 2023 (Revised July 16, 2024) Ms. Zayibeth Carballo, Assistant Township Engineer Township of West Orange 25 Lakeside Avenue West Orange, NJ 07052 Re: NJDOT Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Design Assistance Program SRTS - 2022 – West Orange Safe Routes to School West Orange, Essex County Subject: Proposed Scope of Services and Cost Proposal for Preliminary Engineering Dear Ms. Carballo: Thank you for the opportunity to provide professional engineering design services for the Preliminary Engineering (PE) phase for the above referenced project. Our scope of services is based on the SRTS - 2022 Application completed by the Township, input received at our virtual Scope of Work kickoff meeting on March 13, 2023, our field meeting on May 4, 2023, June 6, 2023 meeting minutes and the NJDOT standard network diagram and activity descriptions for the PE project phase. The project’s purpose is to perform improvements to enhance safety of the various routes to schools in the Township thus enabling and encouraging more students to walk and bike to school and provide a safe walkable community for the residents. The grant application identified twenty-one school intersections, as listed below, for pedestrian safety enhancements. Many of these locations will consists of providing solar powered flashing school advance crossing signage assemblies. These assemblies would be radio-controlled and activated by a School Crossing Guard through the controller box at each intersection. Though not identified in the grant application but discussed in our meetings, solar powered rectangular rapid flashing beacon school crossing signs with push-button activation will be installed at ten (10) pedestrian crossings occurring at not stop-controlled locations. To ensure ADA compliance at the pedestrian crossings affected by the proposed signage improvements, this project will include the evaluation and, if necessary, upgrades to curb ramps at these locations. This was confirmed by NJDOT at the project field meeting. Once completed, the proposed improvements will create safer routes to the various schools throughout the Township. The project will be advanced in compliance with the Federal requirements by following the NEPA process, requirements for historic preservation under the Section 106

us schools throughout the Township. The project will be advanced in compliance with the Federal requirements by following the NEPA process, requirements for historic preservation under the Section 106 process, and policies to protect publicly owned parks under Section 4(f). Federal compliance will be documented in the Categorical Exclusion Document (CED) prepared during Preliminary Engineering by NJDOT Bureau of Programmed Resources. Scope of Services GPI will perform the activities as described within this scope of services. It is understood that these activities will be directed by the Township of West Orange. The activities are more specifically described as follows: Project Management: Scope Development, Budget, Schedule, and Invoicing – GPI will prepare and submit to the Township a baseline schedule in an agreed upon format for approval or comment. We will update the schedule on a monthly basis for the duration of this project. GPI will submit a progress report with each invoice that will detail the following: