To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Jay Pence, Assistant Engineer
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State Route 29 Bicycle and Pedestrian Undercrossing Riparian Restoration and Monitoring Program
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution: (1) authorizing the Public Works Director to award a construction contract to, and execute a construction contract with, Empire Landscaping, Inc., for the State Route 29 Bicycle and Pedestrian Undercrossing Riparian Restoration and Monitoring Program project in the bid amount of $168,725; (2) authorizing the Public Works Director to approve change orders and charges for project services up to $96,073 for a total project amount not to exceed $264,798; and (3) determining that the actions authorized by this resolution were adequately analyzed by a previous CEQA action.
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DISCUSSION:
To successfully implement construction of the State Route 29 Bicycle and Pedestrian Undercrossing project (“Project”), the City adopted an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (“IS/MND”) in compliance with CEQA. The IS/MND requires the Project to provide restoration and enhancement of riparian areas impacted by the Project and at several additional riparian areas within the same watershed of the Project. Furthermore, the Project necessitated a Streambed Alteration Agreement with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which supplements and re-iterates the requirements of the IS/MND for the Project.
Typical riparian restoration and enhancement efforts for the Project will include planting and establishing native trees (e.g., oaks and willows), seeding of disturbed soils with ground covering plants, and removal of invasive species (e.g., English ivy and Himalayan blackberry). Monitoring will continue for five years to ensure establishment of new plantings.
The engineer’s estimate of probable construction cost for riparian restoration and monitoring for the Project is $197,010.
Staff publicly bid the Project during the month of August. On September 14, 2023, two (2) formal bids for construction were received. The bids were as follows:
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$ 168,725.00 |
Empire Landscaping, Inc., Davis, CA* |
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$ 200,370.00 |
Triangle Properties, Inc., Sacramento, CA |
*Apparent lowest and best bid
The Napa Municipal Code local businesses preference of a three percent (3%) bid reduction factor did not alter the bid results.
The construction budget is proposed as follows:
Empire Landscaping, Inc. $ 168,725
Contingency for unforeseen conditions (10% of bid) $ 16,873
Construction Management and Inspection $ 72,900
Public Works Engineering Staff $ 6,300
Total $ 264,798
The contingency, contract administration, and construction management and inspection costs are estimates. The funds can be used interchangeably between the items listed above.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
Sufficient funding for the Project is composed of existing appropriations for the State Route 29 Bicycle and Pedestrian Undercrossing project (BP12PW01) adopted in the current CIP Budget.
CEQA:
City staff recommends that the City Council determine that the potential environmental effects of the Recommended Action described herein were adequately analyzed by the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the State Route 29/Napa Creek Bicycle Path Project adopted by the City Council on June 2, 2015, by Resolution R2015-68, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Resolution
NOTIFICATION:
None.