DATE: December 13, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Advertise Contract No. 16-14-C, Slurry Seals, Various Locations in Fresno County
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
TITLE
Adopt specifications for Contract No. 16-14-C, Slurry Seals, Various Locations in Fresno County, and authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning or his designee to advertise for bids and set a bid opening date.
REPORT
The recommended action will authorize the advertisement of a budgeted road improvement project.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
Not approving the recommended action will result in cancellation of the project.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There will be no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The contract construction cost for the project including all additive bids is anticipated to range between $719,000 and $794,000.
Sufficient appropriations are included in the FY 2016-17 Public Works and Planning - Roads Org 4510 Adopted Budget for project construction. Three of the five additive locations are located within County Services Areas (CSAs). Funds for those locations are included in the various CSA budgets. CSA maintenance activities are funded though annual assessments to the benefitting properties. Pending results of the bid opening and available funds, additive locations will be recommended for award or exclusion from the contract.
DISCUSSION:
The work to be done consists, in general, of placing a slurry seal of asphaltic emulsion and sand mixture on approximately 26 miles of various existing roads in Fresno County, including approximately 3.5 miles of roadway within various CSAs. These roads are showing signs of distress such as alligator, block, longitudinal, and transverse cracking. The slurry seal would extend the useful life of the roadway at these locations.
Specifications were prepared by the Department's Design Division. It is anticipated that construction w...
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