REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Bid No. PW16-09 for the Federally-funded Safe Routes to School 2014 Project for Bike and Pedestrian Improvements, and Finding of CEQA Categorical Exemption
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a construction contract in the amount of $438,787 to St. Francis Electric LLC of San Leandro for Safe Routes to School 2014, Public Works Project No. TR-13/02-14. Approval is also requested for a 15% construction contingency in the amount of $65,818.
EXISTING POLICY
Section 1309 of the City Charter requires construction contracts to be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) determination for this project is a categorical exemption pursuant to Class 1, Section 15301(c), for existing facilities.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Federal Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program administered by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) began statewide in August 2005. The program enables and encourages students in kindergarten through eighth grade (K-8), including students with disabilities, to safely walk and bicycle to school by facilitating the planning, design, and implementation of improvement projects in and around school neighborhoods.
In 2011, the City received $820,000 in SRTS funding to design and construct improvements identified in the City's Pedestrian and Safety Opportunities Study, as well as the Neighborhood Guided Bike Routes Project developed as a Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission Study Issue. The project design was completed in February 2015 by a combination of in-house staff from the Transportation and Traffic Division with consultant assistance provide by Bellecci & Associates (RTC No. 13-151). The necessary authorization to proceed to construction was approved by Caltrans in May 2015. The project consists of establishing guided bicycle routes along various streets throughout ...
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