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Staff Report for a Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Approve a Consulting Services Agreement with NCE for the Design of the Annual Street Overlay/Rehabilitation 2017-18 Project, Project No. 2017.0050 for an Amount Not to Exceed $700,000; Authorization for Individual Change Orders Up to 10% ($70,000); and Cumulative Change Orders Up to 25% ($175,000)
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This Council action will authorize the City Manager to approve a Consulting Services Agreement (CSA) with NCE, a consulting engineering firm, for the topographic survey and civil engineering design work for the Annual Street Overlay/Rehabilitation 2017-18 Project.
Staff recommends the following actions:
* Authorize the City Manager to approve a CSA with NCE for up to $700,000 for the subject project; and
* Authorize the City Manager to approve individual change orders up to 10% ($70,000) of the original CSA amount; and
* Authorize the City Manager to approve cumulative change orders up to 25% ($175,000) of the contract amount.
BACKGROUND
Streets are a critical component of the City's infrastructure and their condition is an important factor in the quality of life for residents and the vitality of local businesses. Good pavement increases the efficiency of transporting goods, improves bicycle safety and makes walking more appealing. Each day, residents are dependent upon safe, reliable local streets and roads to begin and end their daily commutes. Police, fire and emergency medical services all rely on safe and reliable roads to react quickly to calls for service.
Currently, the City's roadways are among the worst in Alameda County, with an average Pavement Condition Index (PCI) rating of 59. On November 4, 2014, voters in San Leandro and Alameda County passed Measures HH and BB, tax measures with the goal of improving local roadways.
Historically, street overlay and rehabilitation projects have been designed by Engineering and Transportation Department ...
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