Agenda - City of Santa Monica

City Council Report
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City Council Meeting: May 14, 2013
Agenda Item: 3-E
Mayor and City Council
Martin Pastucha, Director of Public Works
Award Contracts for Annual Paving and Sidewalk Repair Project
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and ex ecute a c ontract with Toro
Enterprises, Inc., a California-based company, in an a mount not to exceed
$2,404,836 (includes a 10% contingency) for the Annual Paving and Sidewalk
Repair Project.
2. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with Civil Source,
Inc., a California-based company, in an amount not to exceed $254,054 (includes
a 10% contingency) for construction management and inspection services for the
Annual Paving and Sidewalk Repair Project.
3. Appropriate the budget changes outlined in the Financial Impacts and Budget
Actions section of this report.
4. Authorize the Director of Public Works to issue any necessary change orders to
complete additional work within budget authority.
Executive Summary
Improvements made through the Annual Paving and S idewalk Repair Project would
maintain the City’s streets at a high functional rating level, enhance pedestrian safety,
and continue implementing recommendations of the City’s Bicycle Action Plan. Specific
work would include asphalt paving and slurry sealing; striping improvements contingent
on the City’s Bicycle Action Plan; repairing sidewalk locations damaged or uplifted by
tree roots; and other improvements consistent with the project’s scope of work.
This project is funded by General, Water, Wastewater, Gas Tax, Proposition 1B,
Measure-V and Miscellaneous Grant funds. Following a competitive bidding process,
the construction contract is recommended to be awarded to Toro Enterprises, Inc., in an
amount not to exceed $2,404,836. Civil Source, Inc. is recommended to provide
construction management and inspection services in an amount not to exceed
$254,054.
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