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Staff Report for a Resolution Awarding a Construction Contract to Columbia Electric, Inc. for the Hesperian Boulevard/Springlake Drive Railroad Crossing Improvements, Project No. 12-150-38-325 and Appropriating $180,000 from the Measure B Bicycle and Pedestrian Fund for the Project
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This contract provides for the installation of pedestrian safety equipment including accessible sidewalks, ramps, walkways and APS push button devices adjacent to a high traffic intersection and railroad crossing.
Staff recommends award of the construction contract to the low bidder, Columbia Electric, Inc. in the amount of $236,936.50 for the subject work.
BACKGROUND
In 2012, a diagnostic traffic study was conducted by the California Public Utilities Commission, the City, and Union Pacific Railroad of the intersection at Hesperian Boulevard and Springlake Drive. The survey included an assessment of the skewed railroad crossing with the vehicular and pedestrian crossing. The study's recommendations included extending the sidewalk in the vicinity of the railroad tracks, relocating the crosswalk away from the railroad tracks, and upgrading pedestrian ramps and pedestrian crossing equipment at the intersection.
The project improvements include sidewalk construction along Hesperian Boulevard near the railroad crossing, and relocation of the pedestrian crosswalk to south of Springlake Drive. Other associated work consists of traffic signal modifications, curb ramps and other various improvements in conformance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements and the installation of pedestrian swing gates across the sidewalks approaching the railroad crossing.
This is the second bid for this project; the first bid resulted in 3 bids ranging from $270,057 to $287,825. All three bids were rejected, new pavement adjacent to the concrete railroad panels was removed from the scope, and the project was put out to bi...
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