Agenda Item Wording:
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Award construction contract and accept California Natural Resources Agency funding - Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for the Oaks Basin project to Archer Civil Construction, LLC. in the amount of $3,723,412.66, transfer $150,000 within the Storm Drain Deficiency Fund (222), and accept and appropriate an additional $1,400,000 grant funding from the State of California Natural Resources Agency.
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Agenda Date: 02/17/2026
Prepared by:
Eric Bons, Senior Civil Engineer, eric.bons@visalia.gov, 559-713-4350
Dolores Verduzco, Financial Analyst, dolores.verduzco@visalia.gov, 559-713-4540
Chris Crawford, City Engineer, chris.crawford@visalia.gov, 559-713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Engr. & Bldg. Dir., Jason.huckleberry@visalia.gov, 559-713-4495
Department Recommendation: Staff recommends City Council authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for the Oaks Basin project to Archer Civil Construction, Inc. in the amount of $3,723,412.66, transfer $150,000 within the Storm Drain Deficiency Fund (222) to the Oaks Basin project (CP0515), and accept and appropriate an additional $1,400,000 grant funding from the State of California Natural Resources Agency.
Summary:
The Oaks Basin project is part of a three-basin project (the Lower Kaweah River and Mill Creek Flood Control Improvement Project) to increase flood protection within the City of Visalia. The Lower Kaweah River and Mill Creek System project is funded by a California Department of Water Resources Floor Corridor Program grant, California Natural Resources grant, and includes funding from the City's Storm Sewer Deficiency (222) Fund for the acquisition and development of the Peoples Basin, Oaks Basin and expansion of the Goshen Basin. The Goshen Basin project was completed in 2023. The first phase was the excavation of Peoples Basin which was completed in 2022. The last phase of the Peoples Basin is the installation of landscaping wi...
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