Agenda Item Wording:
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Award Fiscal Year 2024 / 2025 Cape Seal Contract- Authorize the City Manager to sign the construction contract for Fiscal Year 2024/ 2025 Cape Seal Project to VSS International, Inc. in the amount of $1,698,325.00.
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Deadline for Action: 5/19/2025
Submitting Department: Public Works
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Danny Galindo, Public Works Manager, danny.galindo@visalia.city , 713-4186
Nick Bartsch, Public Works Director, nick.bartsch@visalia.city ,713-4052
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to sign a contract to VSS International, Inc. in the amount $1,698,325.00 for the construction of the FY 24-25 Cape Seal Project (CIP 1410-72000/CP0247-999).
Background Discussion:
This project includes the application of Cape Seal to various streets identified in the City's Pavement Management Program. The work will be focused on specific streets throughout the City as shown in the attached map.
To increase the longevity of the pavement surface, it is necessary for the City to maintain the pavement of the streets properly and promptly. Applying cape seal treatments at this life-stage of the streets is beneficial as it extends the pavement life at a relatively inexpensive price. As streets deteriorate further, without this preventive maintenance, future maintenance becomes more expensive and time consuming.
The Cape Seal maintenance treatment must be performed with consideration to the public. Public outreach is required to notify the residents in the work zone and to provide expectations on the extents of traffic control to be performed. Cape Seal consists of an application of a chip seal followed by a microsurfacing application onto the selected roadways. The chip seal consists of applying an asphalt-rubber seal binder combined with a heated application of aggregate cover material. After the chip seal has cured, the microsurfacing application is applied. This secondary...
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