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Staff Report for a Resolution Accepting the Work for the Annual Overlay / Rehabilitation 2015-16 Project, Project No. 2016.0050
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This $3,547,436 construction project reconstructed 5.33 lane miles on sixteen street segments throughout the City, including upgrades to 53 curb ramps to comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disability Act.
Staff recommends the following actions:
* Accept the work;
* File the Notice of Completion; and
* Authorize the City Manager to release the performance and payment bonds, and release the maintenance bonds for the subject project upon successful completion of the one-year maintenance period
BACKGROUND
On July 18, 2016, by Resolution No. 2016-095, the City Council awarded a construction contract for the subject project to DeSilva Gates Construction, L.P. The project completed repairs, overlays and reconstruction on 5.33 lane miles of pavement. Work was done on sixteen street segments throughout the City.
This project included several methods to repair the streets, depending on the severity of deterioration. Such methods included:
* Mill and replacement of top pavement layers on nine street segments;
* Complete removal of existing asphalt to base, re-compaction of the existing aggregate base rock and replacement of the asphalt concrete on six street segments; and
* Full reconstruction of Rose Drive including cement treatment and stabilization of the underlying base rock and subgrade before replacement of the asphalt concrete.
In addition, the project installed a total of ten new speed cushions at locations requested and approved by a majority of the residents as part of the 2014-15 Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program. These new speed cushions were installed on:
* Dolores Avenue (between East 14th Street and Bancroft Avenue);
* 136th Avenue (between Bancroft Avenue and School Street);
* Park Street (across from Siempre Verde Park); and
* Warden Avenue (between ...
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