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Staff Report for a Resolution Approving of an Increase in Project Costs from $554,463.00 to $689,414.00 (an Increase of $134,951.00, or 24.3%) for the Annual Sidewalk Repair Program 2014-15; Project No. 2015.0060
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This project provides for the removal and replacement of damaged concrete sidewalks, driveway approaches, curbs and gutters, and the installation of sidewalk curb ramps throughout the City.
Staff recommends that the City Council approve an increase in project costs from $554,463 to $689,414 (an increase of $134,951, or 24.3%) for the Annual Sidewalk Repair Program 2014-15 project.
BACKGROUND
In 2014, by Resolution No. 2014-117, the City Council awarded the construction contract for the subject project and authorized that the contract change orders may exceed 25%. The City Council also approved the maximum expenses on the subject project, including staff time, to be $554,463, which are the total funds appropriated for the project.
The project's primary focus is to assist homeowners in making repairs to their sidewalk frontage, driveways, curbs and gutters and to install sidewalk curb ramps in select locations requested by users, as well as locations where curb ramps are absent. Property owners can request their sidewalk frontages be repaired at any reasonable time while the contract is active. Typically, there is increased interest from property owners once work on adjacent properties' frontage is completed.
Concurrent with the construction of this Sidewalk Repair project, another project, the Annual Street Sealing 2014-15 project that also required installation of curb ramps began construction. The Annual Street Sealing 2014-15 project was required to construct curb ramps adjacent to streets scheduled for cape seals in order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. At the time, the Sidewalk Repair project could conveniently construct the curb ramps in ad...
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