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Staff Report for a Resolution to Award a Construction Contract to American Asphalt Repair and Resurfacing Co., Inc. for the Annual Street Sealing 2015-16 Project, Project No. 2016.0070; authorization for the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Individual Change Orders Up to 5% of the Original Contract Amount; and authorization for the City Manager to negotiate and approve cumulative change orders up to 15% of the original contract amount; City Council approval to appropriate $750,000.00 from Measure B fund balance; and to appropriate $50,000.00 from General Fund-Economic Uncertainty Fund reserves to be reimbursed from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This contract provides for the application of preventive maintenance treatments on various City streets in the 2016 Asphalt Maintenance Area.
Staff recommends the following actions:
* Awarding the construction contract of the Base Bid and Additive Bid A to American Asphalt Repair and Resurfacing Co., Inc. in the amount of $974,495.71 for the subject project
* Authorizing individual change orders up to 5% of the original contract ($48,724.79), and authorizing a total change order amount up to 15% of the original contract ($146,174.79)
* Appropriating Measure B Funds in the amount of $750,000.00, and
* Appropriating General Fund-Economic Uncertainty Fund reserves in the amount of $50,000.00 to be reimbursed from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) grant.
BACKGROUND
Street sealing is an annual maintenance activity that can prolong the useful life of streets. The treatments associated with this project include slurry sealing, asphalt rubber chip sealing, and micro-surfacing. These treatments involve the application of one or more layers of aggregate materials, crumb rubber chips produced from recycled used tires, and asphalt emulsions. The particular process is individual...
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