DATE: June 12, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Orange Avenue Cooperative Overlay Project with the City of Fresno
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Receive verbal report from Department of Public Works and Planning staff regarding the bid opening for the Orange Avenue Overlay Project and authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning to issue a letter to the City of Fresno approving the City's award of the construction contract.
2. Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning to execute contract change orders up to an amount consistent with the statutory limit to be identified in the verbal report from Department staff.
REPORT
Approval of the first recommended action will allow your Board to receive a verbal presentation regarding the bid results for a cooperative project to overlay Orange Avenue from California Avenue to Jensen Avenues and authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning to issue a letter to the City of Fresno (City) that indicates that the project can be awarded. Approval of the second recommended action will authorize the Director to execute contract change orders up to an amount identified by Department staff as the statutory limit based on the amount of the construction contract to be awarded. This item pertains to a location in District 3.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the County's estimated contribution to the cost of the project based on the lowest responsive bid does not exceed $866,200, it will not be necessary for your Board to authorize the Director to issue a letter to the City approving the City's award of the contract since such authorization was previously granted to the Director by your Board. However, if the County's estimated contribution to the cost of the project, based on the lowest responsive bid does exceed $866,200 and if the Director is not authorized to issue a l...
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