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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 19, 2012 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />TITLE: APPROVED <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR GOLDEN ? As Recommended <br />LOOP BIKE TRAIL REHABILITATION ? As Amended <br />171 Ordinance on Reading <br />AND MAPLE STREET BIKE TRAIL El Ordinance on 2 2 n "d Reading <br />ENHANCEMENT (PROJECT NOS. ? Implementing Resolution <br />112605 AND 112612) ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> CONTINUED TO <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Award a contract to Hondo Company Inc., in the estimated amount of $614,859, <br />2. Approve a funding analysis with a total estimated construction cost of $737,831. <br />3. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $39,612 in the Parks District 3 Acquisition & <br />Development Fund (accounting unit 31313002-53300) and appropriating the funds to <br />expenditure account (accounting unit 31313260-66220) for the Golden Loop Bike Trail <br />Rehabilitation and Maple Street Bike Trail Enhancement. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Golden Loop Recreational Trail is a 24-mile regional trail that encircles the entire city and <br />connects to Costa Mesa's bike trail system and to the Santa Ana River Trail. The Golden Loop <br />Bike Trail Project includes the rehabilitation of four miles of the asphalt trail surface (Exhibit 1). The <br />project is consistent with the Santa Ana Bikeway Master Plan, the Orange County Regional <br />Commuter Bikeways Strategic Plan, and the City of Santa Ana General Plan (Circulation Element). <br />The Maple Street Bike Trail Project includes resurfacing the ten-foot wide, two-mile-long bicycle <br />trail and converting a vacant lot across from the bike trail into a rest area (Exhibit 1). The proposed <br />project includes decomposed granite paths, benches, bike racks, drought-tolerant landscaping, <br />and an irrigation system. The improvements will provide a space for trail users to rest and view the <br />existing riparian habitat area. Additionally, bid alternate one provides new fitness equipment along <br />the trail. <br />The Notice Inviting Bids was advertised on January 10 and 11, 2012, with outreach efforts to 19 <br />Santa Ana contractors. Bids were opened on February 1, 2012. A summary of the bid notices and <br />the bid results follows: <br />Contractors requesting bid documents 41 <br />Santa Ana contractors sent bid notices 19 <br />Total bids received 6 <br />Bids received from Santa Ana contractors 2 <br />20B-1