TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
John Jalili, Interim City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Director of Public Works
Juan Price, Maintenance Superintendent
SUBJECT:Title
Rejection of Bids for the Section 2 (Sepulveda Boulevard. to Peck Avenue, Manhattan Beach Boulevard. to Artesia Boulevard.) Concrete Repair Project and Authorize Re- Advertisement for Bids (Public Works Director Olmos).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Reject all bids received on April 1, 2014 for the Section 2 Concrete Repair Project.
2. Authorize staff to re-advertise the project with a modified project scope.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Funding in the amount of $365,000.00 was appropriated by City Council through the fiscal year 2013-2014 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) from the Gas Tax Fund ($365,000) for the Section 2 Concrete Repairs Project. Staff anticipates that even with the modified project scope, a supplemental appropriation will be needed at the time of award.
BACKGROUND:
This project is part of the City's ongoing concrete repair and maintenance program. This annual program removes and replaces damaged or displaced concrete sidewalks, curbs, gutters and drive approaches in the City right-of-way to eliminate trip hazards and to mitigate gutter ponding. Upgrades such as the installation of curb ramps are also constructed through the program. Work under the program is performed through a competitively bid contract.
Concrete repairs (primarily sidewalks curb, gutters, and concrete drainage swales) are coordinated with established slurry seal maintenance districts. The goal is to provide a programmed approach to street maintenance in which street repairs, slurry sealing, sidewalk repairs, and traffic markings are completed in the same year on a seven-year cycle.
The City is responsible for all concre...
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