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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 17, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR GRAND <br />AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS AND <br />WIDENING FROM FIRST STREET TO <br />FOURTH STREET AND GRAND <br />AVENUE STORM DRAIN FROM FIRST <br />STREET TO FOURTH STREET <br />(PROJECT NOS. 081732 & 126604) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED JUN 7 2014ff As Recommended 34 <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on I" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Award a contract to Excel Paving Company, the lowest responsible bidder, in accordance <br />with unit bid prices, totaling $3,179,058.24, for the construction of the Grand Avenue <br />Widening from First Street to Fourth Street and Grand Avenue Storm Drain from First Street <br />to Fourth Street. <br />2. Approve the Cost Analysis for a total estimated project delivery cost of $3,933,432.39. <br />3. Authorize a payment to Southern California Edison not to exceed $49,400 as payment for the <br />installation of new street lights on Grand Avenue from First Street to Fourth Street. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The recommended action will allow the City to proceed with construction of the Grand Avenue <br />Roadway Improvements and Storm Drain from First Street to Fourth Street. Grand Avenue from <br />First Street to Fourth Street will be widened to a total of six lanes (three lanes in each direction) <br />to be consistent with the City of Santa Ana General Plan Circulation Element and the County of <br />Orange Master Plan of Arterial Highways. The proposed project would also include Class 2 bike <br />lanes, landscaped parkways, sidewalks, bus turnouts, raised landscaped median, new <br />streetlights, and the relocation of existing utilities along the project segment. <br />The City's Drainage Master Plan identifies the need for an additional storm drain mainline on <br />Grand Avenue north of the Santa Ana/Santa Fe Channel. The storm drain, constructed as part of <br />the Grand Avenue roadway improvements, will provide additional drainage capacity to minimize <br />the potential for flooding in this area. <br />A Notice Inviting Bids was advertised on March 28 and 29, 2014, and bids were opened on April <br />23, 2014. The following is a summary of the bid invitations mailed and received, and the bid <br />results: <br />