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54. CONTRACT WITH EPS, INC. FOR FINAL DESIGN ON SOUTHERN AVENUE - 51ST AVENUE TO 37TH LANE Approve the award of Contract with EPS Group, to perform Final Design services for Maricopa County Department of Transportation, Project No. TT0633, Southern Ave - 51st Ave. to 37th Ln., for a sum not-to-exceed eight hundred and eighty five thousands nine hundred and four dollars ($885,904). The Contract completion date shall be nine hundred (900) calendar days after the Notice to Proceed has been issued. The Consultant shall prepare final design and construction level plans. This segment of Southern Ave. was identified in the 2035 Transportation System Plan as exceeding roadway service volume thresholds by the year 2020. In addition, recent pedestrian vs. vehicle crashes at the eastern limit have resulted in additional concerns expressed by the City of Phoenix (COP). The project will eliminate a scalloped street condition and will be annexed by the COP. An intergovernmental agreement will be completed with the City of Phoenix to address financial participation and annexation. Supervisory District No. 5 (C-64-20-164-5-00)