AR-Bid for Median Project on Washington St

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Item #22 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF COLTON For the City Council Meeting of July 17, 2001 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers FROM: Kathy Kivley, Assistant to the City Ma r Robb Steel, Redevelopment Directo SUBJECT: Authorization to Solicit Bids for Construction of Washington Street Median Project DATE: July 2, 2001 Background On February 1, 2000 the City Council adopted Resolution R-08-00, which approved the appropriation and expenditure of certain Redevelopment Agency tax increment funds for the acquisition, installation and construction of various public Improvements which benefit the Santa Ana River Redevelopment Project Area. Included in this list of projects was the construction of new landscaped and lighted center median which includes an underground drainage culvert along Washington Street from Waterman Avenue to Hunts Lane and a landscape improvement project on the southeast corner of Washington Street and Barton Road. On June 20, 2000 the Agency approved a contract for design services with LD King for the design of the median and drainage improvements. After various meetings and reviews by City staff and the general public, the designs and construction plans are now complete. Discussion The scope of the Washington median project was expanded to include landscaping improvements to three (3) turn islands along Washington Street at Waterman Avenue, Hunts Lane and Barton Road as well as combine it with a small landscaping project for southeast corner of Washington and Barton Road. Contract documents and specifications for the median project have been prepared by the design engineer LD King. The Engineer's estimate for these projects is $724,583 including a 15% amount for contingencies. The original construction cost estimate for these projects was $817,923. Please refer to copies of engineer's estimate and original cost estimate attached to the staff report as Exhibit "A". Item #22