Agenda Item Wording:
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Riggin Avenue Project Award & Transfer of Funds: Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract with Agee Construction Corporation for the Riggin widening project from Kelsey St. to Shirk St. in the amount of $8,098,281.00; authorize the transfer of Measure R Regional funds; and the amendment to Measure R Supplemental Agreements.
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Deadline for Action: 4/21/2025
Submitting Department: Engineering and Building Department
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Diego Corvera, Senior Civil Engineer, Diego.Corvera@visalia.city, 713-4209
Dolores Verduzco, Financial Analyst, Dolores.Verduzco@visalia.city, 713-4540
Chris Crawford, City Engineer, Chris.Crawford@visalia.city, 713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Engineering and Building Department Director, Jason.Huckleberry@visalia.city, 713-4495
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to award a contract with Agee Construction Corporation for RFB 23-24-61 for the Riggin Avenue Widening Project Kelsey Street to Shirk Street 3010-72000/CP0398-999 in the amount of $8,098,281.00; and
2. Authorize the transfer of Measure R Regional (133) funds of $2,565,000 from the Riggin Ave. Widening from Roeben St. to Akers St. project (CP0628) to the Riggin Ave. Widening from Kelsey St. to Shirk St. project (CP0398); and
3. Authorize the City Manager to amend the Measure R Supplemental Agreements.
Background Discussion:
The Riggin Avenue Widening Project spans from Kelsey St to Shirk St and consists of widening the existing 2-lane street to a divided 4-lane street with the construction of center medians, median landscaping, street lighting, interconnect conduit, storm drainage, turn pockets, Class IV bike lanes, and the signalization of Riggin Ave. and Shirk St.
Industrial and residential development in the surrounding areas has increased significantly over the past ten years, resulting in greater traffic congestion in this area of the ...
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