TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Director of Public Works
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Tim Birthisel, Associate Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Resolution No. 18-0089 Awarding a Construction Contract to Comet Electric, Inc. for the Downtown Traffic Signal Upgrade Project for $924,524 and Re-Appropriation of Street Light Purchase and LED Retrofit Funds in the Amount of $82,000 for the Downtown Traffic Signal Upgrade Project (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
a) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 18-0089
b) APPROVE APPROPRIATION CHANGE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council adopt Resolution No. 18-0089 (Attachment 1) approving the following:
1. Award a construction contract (Attachment 3) to Comet Electric, Inc. for $924,524 and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract for the Downtown Traffic Signal Upgrade Project;
2. Authorize the City Manager to approve additional work, if necessary, for up to $138,678 (15% of contract);
3. Approve the plans and specifications for the Downtown Traffic Signal Upgrade Project (Attachment 4: Web-link provided); and
4. Approve the re-appropriation of $82,000 from the Street Light Purchase and LED Retrofit Project to the Downtown Traffic Signal Upgrade Project.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The Budget and Expenditure Summary report is included in Attachment 5. To meet the more immediate need for the Downtown Traffic Signal Upgrade Project, staff recommends re-appropriating $82,000 currently budgeted in the Capital Improvement Fund for the Street Light Purchase and LED Retrofit project.
BACKGROUND:
The proposed Downtown Traffic Signal Upgrade project addresses structurally deficient traffic signal poles which were last installed in the late 60's and late 80's. An evaluation performed by the City's consultant, Iteris, in 2017 identified multiple structural deficiencies...
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