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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/18/1993, C-8 - MEDIAN CONSTRUCTION, STRIPING & STREET RESURFACING PROJECT: GRAND AVENUE, SPECIFICATION NO. 93-14A. 4��iuI�GN�IyI�IIII�I ILIIty f MEETING OATS: IpjITEM WMCC� O San 1UlS OBIS�JO May 18 1993 COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT NUMBffi: _� FROM: Mike McCluskey, Director of Public Works Prepared by: Barbara Lynch, Engineering Assistant SUBJECT: Median Construction, Striping & Street Resurfacing Project: Grand Avenue, Specification No. 93-14A. CAO RECOMMENDATION: By Motion, Approve Plans and Specifications for Median Construction, Striping & Street Resurfacing Project: Grand Avenue, City Plan No. T-22A; Authorize Staff to Advertise for Bids, and Authorize CAO to Award a Contract if Lowest Responsible Bid is Within Ten Percent of Engineer's Estimate. DISCUSSION: on April 6, 1993, the City Council approved staff to proceed with the design of the landscape medians and the restriping and repaving of Grand Avenue to allow for the provision of larger bike lanes, eventual landscaping of this area and needed street reconstruction and paving. This project is being done to provide improved bicycle lanes and needed resurfacing and reconstruction of the street. It will also result in wider medians north of. U.S. 101 and allow for a fuller range of landscape elements. This project does not include the landscaping for the medians to allow time for review by the ARC. CONCURRENCES: The Planning Department has been requested to give this project a categorical exemption. FISCAL IMPACT: The engineer's estimate for the project is $454, 900. The project requires award.by June 30, 19.93 to allow for the utilization of approximately $59,300 in State (SB 300) funds. If the bids come in over the engineer's estimate we will lose $59, 300 because of the resulting delay in returning to Council for award. We are, therefor, requesting the CAO be given additional latitude to award within a ten percent range to allow the acquisition of these funds. The City will still be ahead at least $13,810. Staff had originally planned to pay for this project out of the 1993/94 CIP allocation for street reconstruction. But the construction contract must be awarded by June 30, 1993 in order to receive the State-Local Transportation. Partnership Program (SB300) grant of $59, 300.. For this reason staff recommends paying for this project out of the 1992/1993 CIP allocation for street reconstruction, which has a balance of $621, 200. The estimated balance after the Santa Barbara/Santa Rosa project is ���H�i�N�lullllll�li �l�lil city of San WIS OBISpo COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT Specification No. 93-14A Meeting of May 18, 1993 Page Two. funded from the street reconstruction account is $519, 000. Concurrently staff also recommends reduction of the 1993/94 allocation by an amount equal to the construction contract cost less the SB300 grant less any small contribution from utilities for upgrading water and wastewater facilities. The available project funds are as follows: Caltrans SB300 Approx. $ 59, 300 Street Reconstruction '92-193 $ 519 . 000 TOTAL: $ 578,300 The Utilities Department will be contributing a small amount for the upgrade of some of their facilities. Plans & specifications available in Council Office for review. g:s1ampns22aadv .