REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
July 26, 2018
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Engineering Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Contract Change Order No. 71 with American Paving Company of Fresno, California for the Fulton Street Reconstruction Project, which increases the contract amount by $212,712.84 (Council District 3)
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council approve Contract Change Order No. 71 with American Paving Company of Fresno, California for a total increase in contract amount of $212,712.84 for the Fulton Street Reconstruction Project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The new Fulton Street is now open to the public for all modes of transportation following the successful ribbon cutting ceremony on October 21, 2017. Even though our "Main Street" is back, City staff continues to work closely with American Paving Company on punch list and contract clean-up items in an effort to wrap up the construction phase. Part of that contract clean-up is the negotiation and execution of necessary contract change orders. Change Order No. 71 includes various over run and under run amounts on previously approved change orders to balance the contract for the actual work performed and various minor scope increases necessary to finalize the project. The change order was presented to the Capital Projects Oversight Board on June 4, 2018, and was unanimously recommended by the Board for City Council approval.
BACKGROUND
The Fulton Street Reconstruction Project improved the half mile stretch of Fulton Street between Tuolumne Street and Inyo Street. The pedestrian mall was completely removed and reconstructed with a complete streets design that included reintroducing two-way vehicular traffic on Fulton and the side streets of Merced, Mariposa, and Kern, with the exceptions that Kern between Fulton and Chuckchansi Park and Mariposa between Federal Alley and Va...
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