Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for RFB 22-23-19, Riggin Avenue Widening & Improvements (Akers to Demaree), to Agee Construction Corporation in the amount of $4,059,548.45 and transfer $1.6M of Measure R Regional Funds (133) from other Riggin Avenue Widening projects as specified in this report.
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Deadline for Action: None.
Submitting Department: Administration - CIP Engineering
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Katherine Woodhull-Fuget, Assistant Engineer, Katherine.Woodhull-Fuget@visalia.city, (559) 713-4447
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 the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract for RFB 22-23-19, Riggin Avenue Widening & Improvements (Akers to Demaree), to Agee Construction Corporation in the amount of $4,059,548.45; and
2. Authorize the transfer of a total of $1.6M of Measure R Regional Funds to the Riggin Avenue Widening from Akers to Demaree Project (CP0397) to fund the budget shortfall, from the following Capital Improvement Projects:
a. $1.1M from the Riggin Avenue Widening from Mooney to Conyer project (CP0473)
b. $500,000 from the Riggin Avenue Widening from Kelsey to Shirk project (CP0398)
Background Discussion:
The Riggin Widening Project from Akers to Demaree (CP0397) will widen the existing roadway to four lanes and provide bike lanes, sidewalks, drainage improvements, and new medians. The widening of the existing roadway requires the installation of six fire hydrants along the one-mile span as well as one irrigation service meter to serve the new median landscaping. This segment of Riggin will be constructed in multiple phases in order to minimize impact to residents and allow for through traffic to continue to circulate. Construction is anticipated to start in January 2023...
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