DATE: June 12, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Contract 18-01-C, Walnut Avenue Shoulder Improvements
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Adopt plans and specifications for Contract No. 18-01-C, Walnut Avenue Shoulder Improvements located between Elkhorn and Conejo Avenues, receive verbal report on the bid opening, and award to the bidder with the lowest responsive bid.
2. Authorize the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning, or designee, to execute Contract Change Orders up to the limit allowable under California Public Contract Code, section 20142 for Contract 18-01-C.
REPORT
The first recommended action will authorize the award of a project to improve the shoulder on Walnut Avenue between Elkhorn and Conejo Avenues. The second recommended action will allow the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning, or designee, to execute change orders up to the statutory limit. The improvements will be paid out of Road Fund 010. This item pertains to a location in District 4.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the first recommended action is not approved, the project will be delayed. If the second recommended action is not approved, the Director's authority to approve Contract Change Orders will be limited to a lesser amount than allowed under the Public Contract Code.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The contract construction cost is anticipated to range between $395,000 and $437,000. The costs will be paid for out of the Department's Road Fund. Sufficient appropriations are included in the Department's FY 2017-18 Org 4510 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
The work to be done consists, in general, of adding two feet of new paved shoulder to each side of the roadway on Walnut Avenue from Elkhorn to Conejo Avenues, a distance of approximately 2.0 miles. Signs, object markers, delineators, an...
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