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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Reject all bids for the Fresno Street and Browning Avenue Intersection Improvements Project - Bid File 12301325 (Council District 4)
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RECOMMENDATION
Reject all bids for the Fresno and Browning Intersection Improvement Project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff recommends that the City Council reject all bids for the Fresno Street and Browning Avenue Intersection Improvement Project. Upon rejection of all bids, staff will immediately work to rebid the project.
The proposed Fresno Street and Browning Avenue Traffic Signal Improvement Project will enhance safety for the motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians who travel through this intersection every day by signalizing the existing intersection, as well as correcting accessibility deficiencies. The scope of work includes the construction of a new traffic signal system that will provide a protected crossing for pedestrians, reconstruct existing ramps to make them ADA-compliant, and install green paint within the bicycle conflict zones. Right of way was acquired by city staff for relocation of existing utilities. The project is funded by the federal Active Transportation Program (ATP) and SB1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funds.
BACKGROUND
This ATP grant-funded project is meant to address safety concerns for pedestrians, including students, parents, and staff from Robinson Elementary School, as well as residents of the senior-living apartments fronting Fresno Street, who cross at Browning Avenue using the existing unsignalized painted crosswalk. The design phase of the project was initiated in the Spring of 2020, shortly after the California Transportation Commission (CTC) approved funding for the project...
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