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Public Works Agency <br />https://www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 13 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />November 2, 2021 <br />TOPIC: SR-55/Ritchey Street Water Improvements <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve Appropriation Adjustment to Provide Construction Engineering Services funding <br />for the SR-55/Ritchey Street Water Improvement Projects in the Amount of $1,000,000 <br />and Approve an Agreement with Berg & Associates, Inc. to Provide Construction <br />Engineering Services for the SR-55/Ritchey Street Water Improvements Projects in an <br />Amount Not to Exceed $1,000,000 for a Three -Year Term (Project Nos. 19-6438, 19- <br />6439, 19-6440) (Non -General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment to recognize $1,000,000 in reimbursement <br />obligation funds from OCTA, as stipulated in the three Utility Reimbursement <br />Agreements for the State Route 55 Improvement Project, into the Acquisition & <br />Construction, Water Utility Capital Projects, Expense Reimbursement-OCTA revenue <br />account and appropriate the same amount into the Acquisition & Construction, Water <br />Utility Capital Projects, Water Capital Project expenditure account. (Requires five <br />affirmative votes) <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Berg & Associates, Inc. to <br />provide Construction Engineering Services for the SR-55/Ritchey Street Water <br />Improvements Project, for a three-year term beginning November 2, 2021, and <br />expiring on November 1, 2024, with provisions for two, one-year extensions <br />exercisable by the City Manager and City Attorney, in the amount of $885,279.92, with <br />an approximate 13-percent contingency of $114,720.08, for a total amount not to <br />exceed $1,000,000.00, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On July 27, 2021, the Public Works Agency released Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 21- <br />066, by which it sought a qualified firm to provide construction engineering services for <br />the SR-55/Ritchey Street Water Improvements Project (Exhibit 1). The scope of work <br />includes engineering staff support and assistance with the overall delivery of the project, <br />