REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Engineering Division
SCOTT P. SEHM, PE, Public Works Manager
Public Works Department, Design Section
SUBJECT
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Award a construction contract in the amount of $2,649,222 to Emmett's Excavation, Inc., of Clovis, California for the Blackstone Avenue and McKinley Avenue Transit Oriented Development Sidewalk and Lighting Project - Bid File 12300361 (Council Districts 1 and 7)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends City Council award a construction contract with Emmett's Excavation, Inc., of Clovis, California for the Blackstone Avenue and McKinley Avenue Transit Oriented Development Sidewalk and Lighting Project in the amount of $2,649,222 as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder and authorize the Public Works Director, or designee, to sign the construction contract on behalf of the City of Fresno.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposed Blackstone Avenue and McKinley Avenue Transit Oriented Development Sidewalk and Lighting Project will improve pedestrian facilities along Blackstone Avenue by constructing missing segments of concrete sidewalk and installing street lighting and pedestrian scale lighting along Blackstone Avenue, between Hedges Avenue and Cambridge Avenue. This project will serve the Fresno City College neighborhood, as well as the new Transit Oriented Development (TOD) project on the southwest corner of Blackstone Avenue and McKinley Avenue. This project is funded by an Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) grant with local funding sources including SB1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funds and water enterprise funds for the water infrastructure improvements.
BACKGROUND
The design phase of the project was initiated in FY21, shortly after the City of Fresno entered into an agreement with Corporation for Better Housing, A California non...
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