REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Bid No. PW16-11 for Improvements to Downtown Parking Lots and Finding of CEQA Categorical Exemption
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a construction contract in the amount of $230,354 to Alaniz Construction Inc. of Fremont for the Downtown Parking Lots - Evelyn Avenue/Sunnyvale Avenue and McKinley Avenue/Carroll Street (Public Works Project No. ST-15-09). Approval is also requested for a 10% construction contingency in the amount of $23,035.
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 Class 1 categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 for alterations to existing facilities involving negligible or no expansion of existing use beyond that which presently exists.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
This project provides for improvements to parking lots in the downtown Parking District. For Fiscal Year 2015/16, these include lots at Evelyn Avenue/Sunnyvale Avenue as well as McKinley Avenue/Carroll Street. The scope of work includes the installation of concrete valley gutters, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ramp upgrades, rehabilitation of the damaged pavement including dig-out patch repairs, signage and striping. The valley gutters are designed to collect drainage from the parking lots and direct it to existing catch basins to reduce the potential for flooding.
The project was advertised in the Sunnyvale Sun on April 22, 2016, distributed to sixteen Bay Area Builder's Exchanges, and published on the City's website. Four contractors requested bid documents. On May 4, 2016, the City attended a meeting of downtown businesses and informed them that construction is expected to begin during summer 2016. Sealed bids were opened on May 11, 2106, with two bids being r...
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