Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Ray's Electric; to Approve and Authorize the City Manager or her Designee to Negotiate and Approve a Change Order in Excess of the Individual Change Order Limit of Five Percent for the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard Traffic Signal Upgrade, Project No. 2020.5620
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COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Quality of Life
* Economic Development
* Public Safety
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
An individual change order in the amount of $234,320 (35% of the original contract) is required to satisfy an unanticipated requirement by PG&E to relocate the City's electrical meter for the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard Traffic Signal Upgrade. Because the amount of the change order exceeds the City Manager's 5% individual change order limit, City Council approval is required.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommend the following action:
* Approve and authorize the City Manager to negotiate and approve an individual Change Order in the amount $234,320 (35% of the original contract).
BACKGROUND
On May 15, 2023, the City Council by Resolution No. 2023-050 awarded a construction contract to Ray's Electric in the amount of $669,487 for the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard Traffic Signal Upgrade, Project No. 2020.5620. The resolution also authorized the City Manager to approve individual contract change orders up to 5%, and cumulative change orders up to 25% of the original contract. Subsequently, on July 21, 2025, by Resolution No. 2025-094, the City Council authorized an increase in the cumulative change order limit from 25% to 43% for the subject project.
The project scope includes a full traffic signal upgrade at the intersection of Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard. The improvements consist of the installation of new protected left-turn signals, upgraded signal heads and related equipment, video detection systems for vehicles and bicycles (including advanced detection features), an...
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