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Home My WebLink About11/10/1998, C-13 - VALVE REPLACEMENTS AND FIRE HYDRANT INSTALLATION, SPECIFICATION NO. 92-22 council is j acEnaa Report hmNU CITY OF SAN LUIS O B I S P O FROM: Michael D.McCluskey,Public Works Directo?61� Prepared by: Reinie Jones,Engineering Assistant SUBJECT: Valve Replacements and Fire Hydrant Installation, SpecificationNo.92-22 CAO RECOMMENDATION: 1. Approve plans and specifications for "Valve Replacements and Fire Hydrant Installation, SpecificationNo.92-22" 2. Authorize staff to advertise for bids and authorize the CAO to award the contract if the lowest responsible bid is within budget DISCUSSION: Water valves are necessary for the proper isolation of sections of the City's water system to effect repairs, or make changes to the system. The City has a regular program for identifying valves which do not function properly and replacing them. This project will replace eleven valves. Two of the valves needing replacement are at the intersection of Palm and Toro Streets. Due to the lack of water valves in adjoining streets many businesses in the area (restaurants, doctor's offices and grocery stores) will be affected by the water turn off. Thus the water in this area is scheduled to be shut off in between the hours of 12:00 am. and 6:00 a.m. Preliminary work will occur during normal work hours but the actual water tum off will occur at night. As in all previous projects of this nature, all residents and businesses will be notified in advance of planned water tum-offs. On Broad Street near Tank Farm Road an additional hydrant will be installed because the existing hydrants are spaced too far apart. A Caltrans encroachment permit has been obtained for the fire hydrant since it is on State Route 227. CONCURRENCES: Staff has received a categorical exemption from the Community Development Department. FISCAL IMPACT Estimated Project Cost: Engineer's Estimate $43,000 Contingencies $5,000 Total A total of$62,500 was approved as part of the 1997-98 and 1998-99 Water Distribution System Improvements CIP for valve replacements and hydrant installations (1997-99 Financial Plan, Appendix B, pages 54-55.) Currently, there is $1.6 million in water distribution improvements to support this and future improvements. ATTACHMENTS: Plans and Specifications are available in the Council Office engdpmject&&-Ated9222 valve/valve car MErT ATE IT I�� o y� AGENDA CVX/ ITEM # memmanbum November 6, 1998 TO: Council Colleagues FROM: Dave Romero SUBJECT: LIAISON REPORTS INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT REPORT (IWMA) At its meeting of 11/4/98 the IWMA discussed the following items which are of special interest to the City. 1) The Buy Back Center for aluminum,plastic and paper products is now in full operation at the Marigold Center in conjunction with Vons. 2) The law suit was decided in favor of Cold Canyon Land Fill allowing the company to proceed with he construction of a Materials Recovery Facility(MRF). It is anticipated that this facility, which will process construction debris and greenwaste,will be in operation by July,1999. Full operation of this facility is considered critical to enable the City of San Luis Obispo to reach its AB939 diversion goals. 3) The Board received a report regarding a massive deconstruction project proposed at Camp Roberts. If the project proceeded as first proposed,there would be huge negative impacts on the landfill disposal diversion goals. The Board authorized hiring a consultant to review the first two buildings to be demolished to see if significant amounts of material could be salvaged and recycled. 4) The local IWMA has received a grant from the Air Pollution Control District(APCD)to lease an electric passenger vehicle. A sign will be placed on the side of the vehicle indicating it is a demonstration project funded by the APCD. The vehicle will be temporarily assigned to the Board members and staff. As president of the Board,I will have first use of the vehicle,and I am looking forward to taking the Council Members and staff for a ride. SAN LUIS OBISPO REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY(SLORTA) At its meeting of 11/4/98 the Board took action on the following items of interest to the City: 1) The Board directed staff to hire a consultant to prepare an RFP to be submitted to contract operators of transit services for operation of all public transit systems a ounty. V❑ CAO LNEY ❑CLERKIORIG ❑P]DIR ❑10 MGMj�ZEAM ❑R1U� ❑UE)` ❑P RFP will include maximum flexibility to allow systems to be combined under one operator, combined in various other ways,or allow continuation of the current method whereby the systems are operated under individual contracts. The hope is that there will be significant savings for all public systems under combined operation. 2) The consultant, Jim Brown, is continuing to conduct preliminary work for possible county-wide consolidation of all transit operations. The results of his study will be presented to all government agencies at some future time with the hope that there will be a way to work out differences in order to consolidate all transit operations. SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (SLOCOG) At its meeting of 11/4/98 the Board took action on the following items which are of interest to the City: 1) The Board received a report that there is an additional $6M available for the Highway 46 improvement project. This will enable the four-lane treatment of Highway 46 to continue eastward from the current proposed termination at the rest stop,to a new termination just west of the gas station and restaurant located at Cholame. This is great news for users of this highway and leaves only about two miles of highway to be completed to reach the Highway 46/41 Wye. 2) The State Transportation Improvement Program(STIP)received additional monies and is now at$16.5M for San Luis Obispo County. These funds are to be used for road projects. The new formulation agreed to by SLOCOG delegates allocates more than$1.6M to the City of San Luis Obispo. This is wonderful news for us--it will help us catch up on some of our road needs. 3) The STIP fund includes an additional $500,000 for construction of a sound wall in San Luis Obispo along Highway 101 at Brizzolara Street. I was able to negotiate provisions whereby the City would not necessarily have to match this fund but could augment this fund for construc- tion of the wall,thus providing much more flexibility. In doing this the City would manage the project(thus avoiding the huge overhead inherent in projects managed by Caltrans). Preliminary estimates, including design and Caltrans overhead,were for a total cost of$900,000. With the flexibility in the new agreement,I believe we can design and construct this wall for a great deal less. PERFORMING ARTS CENTER COMMISSION At it meeting of 11/5/98 the Commission received a report from Bob Kitamura regarding construction of the Cal Poly parking structure. The contract has been awarded,with the contractor expected to begin work in mid-November. Work will require approximately one year to complete. There will be a 700 space gain in parking, with two exits from the structure as requested by the City, and with an improved drop-off area in front of the PAC. Mr. Kitamura indicated that the two-year delay in the construction timing cost approximately $1.8M, requiring some cutbacks and giving a very tight construction budget. However, he indicated there are sufficient funds in the budget to complete the project