Agenda Item Wording:
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Design Award for Culvert Replacement - Authorize the City Manager to award a design contract with 4Creeks, Inc. for the design of the Giddings Street Culvert Replacement Project for $260,700; appropriate $50,000 from the Wastewater Fund and appropriate $250,000 from the SB1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Fund.
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Deadline for Action: 12/16/2024
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Katherine Woodhull-Fuget, Associate Engineer, Katherine.Woodhull-Fuget@visalia.city, (559) 713-4447
Eric Bons, Senior Civil Engineer, Eric.Bons@visalia.city, (559) 713-4350
Chris Crawford, City Engineer, Chris.Crawford@visalia.city, (559) 713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Engineering & Building Director, Jason.Huckleberry@visalia.city, (559) 713-4495
Department Recommendation:
Staff requests City Council authorize the City Manager to award a design contract with 4Creeks, Inc. for the design of the Giddings Street Culvert Replacement Project for $260,700; appropriate $50,000 from the Wastewater Fund and appropriate $250,000 from the SB1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Fund.
Background Discussion:
The existing culvert within Giddings Street between Main Street and Mineral King Avenue was constructed in the 1910s. The culvert has been in service for over 100 years, and it is in need of replacement. City staff visually inspected the existing concrete culvert and observed visible cracking within the concrete culvert and settlement within the pavement in Giddings Street. City staff hired a structural engineer to conduct a visual inspection of the existing culvert in October of 2024. The structural engineer's recommendation is to replace the existing culvert with a new culvert as soon as possible due to the cracks within the structure, exposed reinforcement, and the overall age of the culvert.
Replacing the culvert will require the relocation of multiple utilities, including relocating an existi...
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