REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 24, 2017
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department
ROBERT B. RUNYON, Engineer I
Public Works Department, Engineering Services Division
SUBJECT
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Approve the First Amendment to the Utility Agreement (No. 06-1398.15) with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for Caltrans to relocate City water and sewer utilities associated with the State Route 99 Relocation Project in the amount of $173,490.81, (Council District 1 and 3).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve an amendment to the Utility Agreement (No. 06-1398.15) with Caltrans to relocate City water and sewer utilities associated with the State Route 99 Relocation Project and authorize the Public Works Director or designee to execute the amendment on behalf of the City of Fresno.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Caltrans is in the process of relocating a section of State Route 99, between Clinton Avenue and Ashlan Avenue in order to make room for the future High Speed Rail Project. Previously, Caltrans identified several City utilities that were in conflict with the proposed improvements and needed to be relocated with the City streets. The newly constructed water main facilities have required City staff to perform wet tie connections in order to put the new facilities into service. Increased costs for these wet tie connections, over and above those estimated at the time of execution of the original agreement with Caltrans, were incurred due to the fact that the original estimate underestimated the cost of the wet ties work. City staff and Caltrans have come to an agreement for Caltrans to reimburse the City for all additional wet tie connection costs for this work.
BACKGROUND
Caltrans, as part of their long term plans and because of the future High Speed Rail Project, is in the process of relocating a section of State Ro...
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