REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Bid No. PW18-08 for the Landscape Improvements on Caribbean Drive Re-Bid Project, Finding of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Categorical Exemption, and Approval of Budget Modification No. 29
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a construction contract in the amount of $599,164 to Galeb Paving, Inc. of Saratoga for landscape improvements. Approval is also requested for a 10% construction contingency in the amount of $59,916 and a Budget Modification in the amount of $36,131.
EXISTING POLICY
Section 1309 of the City Charter requires public works construction contracts to be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Further, pursuant to Chapter 2.09 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for construction contracts exceeding $100,000.
Pursuant to Sunnyvale Charter Section 1305, at any meeting after the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget by motion adopted by affirmative votes of at least four members so as to authorize the transfer of unused balances appropriated for one purpose to another, or to appropriate available revenue not included in the budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) determination for the project is a Class 4 categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15304(d) for minor alterations in land.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Landscape Improvements on Caribbean Drive (Capital Project 831540) provides funding for cleanup and restoration of just over one mile of parkway along Mathilda Avenue adjacent to the City's landfill on the north side of Caribbean Drive. The parkway was previously screened by a row of 500 eucalyptus trees that stretched across this distance along Caribbean Drive. In 2012, PG&E removed nearly all of these trees due to safety concerns related to potential impacts of the roots on its 36" high pressure gas pipeline buried just bel...
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