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File #: ID 25-1321    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/24/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/16/2025 Final action:
Title: Actions pertaining to the Blackstone Avenue Smart Mobility Project between McKinley Avenue and Shields Avenue (Council District 7): 1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; 2. Approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Provost and Pritchard Engineering Group, Inc., of Clovis, California in the amount of $15,572.00, for a total not to exceed contract amount of $188,220.00, with a not to exceed contingency of $10,000.00 remaining.
Sponsors: Capital Projects Department, Public Works Department
Attachments: 1. 25-1321 Environmental Assestment Application No. PW00956.pdf, 2. 25-1321 Second Amendment to Agreement.pdf, 3. 25-1321 First Amendment to Agreement.pdf, 4. 25-1321 Consultant Agreement.pdf, 5. 25-1321 Vicinity Map.pdf, 6. 25-1321 Location Map.pdf
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REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: DENIX D. ANBIAH, PE, Director
Capital Projects Department

SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department

BY: SCOTT P. SEHM, PE, Assistant Director
Capital Projects Department, Design Services Division

ISAAC CAMPOS, Project Manager
Capital Projects Department, Transportation Project Management Division

SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the Blackstone Avenue Smart Mobility Project between McKinley Avenue and Shields Avenue (Council District 7):
1. Adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines;
2. Approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Provost and Pritchard Engineering Group, Inc., of Clovis, California in the amount of $15,572.00, for a total not to exceed contract amount of $188,220.00, with a not to exceed contingency of $10,000.00 remaining.

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RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends the City Council (1) adopt a finding of Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15301/Class 1; (2) approve the Second Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement (Agreement) dated May 24, 2022, with Provost & Pritchard Engineering Group Inc. (Provost & Pritchard) in the amount of $15,572.00, for a total not to exceed contract amount to $188,220.00, with a not to exceed contingency of $10,000.00 remaining for the Blackstone Avenue Smart Mobility Project between McKinley Avenue and Shields Avenue; and (3) authorize the Capital Projects Department Director or designee to execute the Second Amendment to Agreement on behalf of the City of Fresno.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Blackstone Avenue Smart Mobility Project between McKinley Avenue and Shields Avenue will implement the Southern Blackstone Avenue Smart Mobility Strategy with a complete street design including the construction of protected Class IV bicycle facilities in each direction of Blackstone Avenue. On May 24, 2022, the City approved a Co...

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