To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Rosalba Ramirez, Associate Civil Engineer
TITLE:
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Budget Appropriation for Measure T Preliminary Engineering Work
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution authorizing a budget appropriation in the amount of $250,000 for preliminary engineering work related to the projects Soscol Avenue Rehabilitation, Coombs Street and S. Coombs Street Rehabilitation, and Laurel Street Rehabilitation from the undesignated Measure T Fund balance, and determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
On December 17, 2019, Council approved an update to the Measure T 5-year work plan. The 5-year work plan focuses the Measure T effort on the City’s arterial and collector streets and their appurtenant transportation infrastructure. The City’s Measure T 5-Year Work Plan is required to be adopted and updated every two years.
Measure T funding is to be used for maintenance, reconstruction, and/or rehabilitation of streets, roads, and transportation infrastructure within the public right-of-way including but not limited to: sidewalks, curb and gutters, curb ramps, lighting, traffic signage, striping, local roadway drainage, and intelligent transportation systems.
Upcoming years of the Measure T program will continue to include traffic signal replacement and traffic signal interconnection. It will also consider the needs of non-motorized travelers, including pedestrians, bicyclists, and persons with disabilities, in all planning, maintenance, construction, operations and project development activities and products.
In order to design and construct the projects listed within the schedule adopted in the 5-year plan, preliminary engineering work is required prior to the release of construction funds. This pre-engineering design work includes survey work, pavement coring and assessment work, as well as staff time. The FY 20-21 projects Soscol Avenue Rehabilitation, Coombs Street and S. Coombs Street Rehabilitation, and Laurel Street Rehabilitation will require funding for preliminary engineering work. The above-described items result in an additional $250,000 authorization request to enable the completion of the work.
Public Work’s Measure T Team will continue to prepare plans, specifications and estimates and publicly bid those projects identified in our 5-year Measure T Work Plan.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
Funding for the preliminary engineering work is proposed from the undesignated Measure T Fund appropriation.
SOURCES:
$ 250,000 Measure T Undesignated Fund Balance (20301-23599)
(Appropriation)
$ 250,000 TOTAL
USES:
$ 100,000 Measure T Soscol Avenue Rehabilitation (ST20PW08-57601)
$ 75,000 Measure T Coombs Street and S. Coombs Street Rehabilitation
(ST20PW09-57601)
$ 75,000 Measure T Laurel Street Rehabilitation (ST20PW10-57601)
$ 250,000 TOTAL
CEQA:
City staff recommends that the City Council determine that the Recommended Action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(c), which exempts the repair or minor alteration of existing streets, sidewalks and gutters.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
ATCH 1 - Resolution
ATCH 2 - Budget Adjustment Form
NOTIFICATION:
None.