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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />MAY 6, 2013 <br />TITLE: APPROVED <br />CONTINGENCY INCREASE FOR ? As Recommended <br />BROADWAY REHABILITATION' ? As Amended <br />ANAHURST TO FIRST STREET El Ordinance on Reading <br />El Ordinance on 2 I d Reading <br />(PROJECT NOS. 116736 & 116746) ? Implementing Resolution <br /> ? Set Public Hearing For <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Increase the contingency for the Broadway Rehabilitation Project by $80,000, which will <br />increase the total funds available for the construction contract with All American Asphalt, Inc., to <br />$2,767,682. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On July 16, 2012, the City Council awarded a contract for the Broadway Rehabilitation Project to <br />All American Asphalt, Inc., in the amount of $2,443,348. The City Council also authorized a 10 <br />percent construction contingency in the amount of $244,334, for a total authorized construction <br />contract expenditure limit of $2,687,682. The project is currently 98 percent complete. <br />This project consists of reconstructing the pavement; replacing curb and gutter, sidewalks, and <br />curb ramps; and upgrading the antiquated streetlight system along Broadway from McFadden <br />Avenue to Borchard Avenue. The high voltage streetlight system is very inefficient, requires <br />extensive maintenance, and can be very dangerous if a streetlight is knocked down. <br />The streetlight portion of this project requires the contractor to separate the high voltage streetlights <br />along Broadway from the existing high voltage system at Birch Street and Russell Avenue (see <br />Exhibit 1). The work includes removing the single high voltage (5,000 volts) wire from the existing <br />conduit, installing three new wires into the existing conduit, installing new metal halide fixtures, and <br />installing conduit and wire to an existing 240V service pedestal located one block east of Broadway <br />on Borchard Avenue. <br />The methodology described above to upgrade antiquated streetlight systems has been <br />successfully completed in other areas of the City. Moreover, this methodology has proven to be <br />the most cost effective solution to improve and upgrade existing streetlight systems. <br />23C-1