Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorize the City Manager to award and enter into a design services contract with Peters Engineering Group to design and prepare construction bid documents for the Shirk Street and State Route 198 Operational Improvements project, in the amount not to exceed $705,970 and, appropriate a total of $781,000 from the Transportation Impact Fee (241) and the Measure R Local (131) Fund.
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Deadline for Action: None
Submitting Department: Administration - CIP Engineering
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Adrian Rubalcaba, Associate Engineer, Adrian.Rubalcaba@visalia.city, (559)713-4507
Frank Senteno, City Engineer, Frank.Senteno@visalia.city, (559)713-4331
Nick Mascia, Assistant City Manager, Nick.Mascia@visalia.city, (559) 713-4323
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to award and execute the contract with Peters Engineering Group, in the amount not to exceed $705,970, to design and prepare construction bid documents for the Shirk Street and Highway 198 operational improvements project; and appropriate $390,500 from the Transportation Impact Fee (241) Fund and $390,500 from the Measure R Local Fund (131).
Background Discussion:
City staff seeks to procure design services from a qualified consulting firm to accomplish the project objectives. The purpose of this project is to improve Shirk Street at State Route 198 (SR 198), more particularly the segment of Shirk Street north and south of SR 198, between Hillsdale Avenue and the eastbound on/off ramps located south of the highway. The project objectives are to reduce delay and improve operations of the major intersection by installing traffic signals at the east and westbound on/off ramps, street improvements to match lane configurations as defined in the City's Shirk Street Enhancement Project, and a revised lane configuration within the existing Shirk Street bridge overcrossing (ref: Exhibit A, Figure A.1 attached hereto). The consu...
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