Agenda Item Wording:
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Request Authorization to File Notice of Completion: Authorize the filing of a Notice of Completion for the ADA Pathway Improvements from Main Street to Transit Center Project.
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Deadline for Action: None
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Cody McLaughlin, Associate Engineer, Cody.Mclaughlin@visalia.city, 713-4595
Dolores Verduzco, Financial Analyst, Dolores.Verduzco@visalia.city, 713-4540
Rebecca Keenan, Senior Civil Engineer, Rebecca.Keenan@visalia.city, 713-4541
Jason Huckleberry, Engineering and Building Department Director, Jason.Huckleberry@visalia.city, (559) 713-4495
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the filing of a Notice of Completion for the ADA Pathway Improvements from Main Street to Transit Center Project (6110-72000/CP0420-999).
Background Discussion:
In April of 2022, the City adopted the Annual Action Plan for the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) administered by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Annual Action Plan identified several projects and programs that were to receive an allocation from the CDBG grant. The ADA improvement project from Main Street to Transit Center is one of the approved public facility improvement projects that was included per the request of the Disability Advocacy Committee (now the Citizen's Advisory Committee). CDBG funds were allocated to the project to improve ADA standards in the downtown area for the pathway connecting Main Street to the Transit Center.
The project improvements are located along the pathway on Bridge Street and Santa Fe Street that connects Main Street to the Transit Center. This project was targeted to correct ADA deficiencies through repair and replacement of existing intersection ramps, sidewalk sections, curb, tree wells, driveway approaches and alley approaches. Existing brick ramps at the intersection of Main Street and Bridge Str...
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