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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 4, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />INCREASE CONTINGENCY FOR GRAND <br />AVENUE ROADWAY AND STORM DRAIN <br />IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT <br />(PROJECT NOS. 081732 & 126604) <br />(STR pi EGIC PLAKNOS. 6, 1B, 1C, 1G) <br />n CA1ss�� <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />As Recommended <br />As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on to Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on a Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Increase the contingency for construction of the Grand Avenue Roadway and Storm Drain <br />Improvements from First Street to Fourth Street by $250,000, which increases the total <br />estimated construction delivery to $4,183,432.39. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment to recognize expense reimbursement from Southern <br />California Edison in the amount of $42,961.27 into the Measure M Street Construction <br />revenue account and appropriate the funds in the Measure M2 Local Fairshare expenditure <br />account. <br />3. Approve an appropriation adjustment to appropriate $50,000 from the Public Works Storm <br />Drain Construction revenue account to the Public Works Storm Drain Construction <br />expenditure account. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On June 17, 2014, the City Council awarded a contract to Excel Paving Company In the amount <br />of $3,179,058.24 to construct the Grand Avenue Improvements, Included in the scope of work is <br />the installation of Class 2 bike lanes, landscaped parkways, sidewalks, bus turnouts, raised <br />landscaped median, and the relocation of existing utilities along the project, The project also <br />includes constructing a 78 -Inch storm drain to provide additional drainage capacity to minimize <br />the potentlal for flooding in this area. The approved total project delivery cost of $3,933,432.39 <br />Includes $367,421 in construction management and inspection costs, as well as a $386,953.15 <br />contingency to cover construction quantity adjustments and miscellaneous cost extras. <br />During construction of the 78 -inch, 13- foot -deep storm drain, significant unforeseen conditions <br />were encountered In Grand Avenue from the south side of First Street to the centerline of Fourth <br />Street. Several utility lines needed to be adjusted and rerouted because they Interfered with the <br />20C -1 <br />