Agenda Item Wording:
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Award Design Contract - Authorize the City Manager to award a professional design services contract to 4Creeks, Inc. in the amount of $667,446 to advance the 30% design to final plans, specifications and estimates for the widening of Shirk Street between Walnut Avenue and Noble Avenue and authorize the City Manager to execute a Measure R supplemental agreement with the Tulare County Transportation Authority in the amount of $726,600.
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Agenda Date: 07/20/2026
Prepared by:
Estrella Velasquez, Associate Engineer, Estrella.Velasquez@visalia.gov, (559)713-4164
Chris Crawford, City Engineer, Chris.Crawford@visalia.gov, (559)713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Engineering & Building Director, Jason.Huckleberry@visalia.gov, (559)713-4495
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to award and enter a professional design services contract with 4Creeks, Inc. in the amount of $667,446 to prepare final plans, specifications and estimates for the widening of Shirk Street between Walnut Avenue and Noble Avenue and authorize the City Manager to execute a Measure R supplemental agreement with the Tulare County Transportation Authority in the amount of $726,600.
Summary:
The city has solicited a proposal from 4Creeks, Inc. to prepare final plans, specifications and estimates (PS&E) for the widening of Shirk Street from a two-lane roadway to a four-lane roadway between Walnut Avenue and Noble Avenue. This proposal was requested from 4Creeks, Inc. because they previously completed the 30% design for the corridor, providing continuity and reducing potential rework, and are now a prequalified consultant under the city's competitively procured on-call civil engineering services contract. The project consists of the installation of medians, curb and gutter, a shared use path along the east side of the roadway, street lighting, storm drain infrastructure and ADA curb ramps. Additionally, this project ...
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