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RDA NO. 3
4-4-94
DATE:
APRIL 4, 1994
Inter-Com
WILLIAM A. HUSTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TUSTIN COMMUNITY
TO: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'- PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/
FROM: ENGINEERING DIVISION
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT 'FOR CONSULTING ENGINEERING
SUBJEC~ SERVICES ON THE NEWPORT AVENUE/SR-55 INTERCHANGE
RECONFIGURATION PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency at
their meeting of April 4, 1994 authorize the City Council and the
City staff to administrate a Professional Services Agreement with the
firm of Dokken Engineering to prepare and process a Project Study
Report (PSR) to approval by Caltrans for the Newport Avenue/SR-55
Interchange Northbound Ramp Reconfiguration Project in the amount of
$173,000.00.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funds to accomplish this work have been budgeted in the current
Redevelopment Agency Capital Improvement Program for the South
Central Project Area.
DISCUSSION
At the June 7, 1993 meetings of the City Council and the Tustin
Community Redevelopment Agency, a Public Works Agreementwas entered
into between the City and the Agency for accomplishment of the
Newport Avenue Extension Project improvements in the South Central
Project Area. The agreement provides for the City to undertake the
public improvements described in the document on behalf of the Agency
and that the Agency will pay the City for these improvements from
future tax increments to the South Central Project Area.
The subject Professional Services Agreement with Dokken Engineering
will enable a critical link in the accomplishment of the South
Central Project Area infrastructure improvements to begin to be
realized, that is, the future approval by Caltrans of the Newport
Avenue/SR-55 Interchange Northbound Ramp Reconfiguration. Without
Caltrans' approval of this work, implementation of the full Newport
Avenue extension project from its present termination to Valencia
Avenue, including other accompanying necessary infrastructure in the
Pacific Center East Specific Plan Area will be seriously hampered.
The firm of Dokken Engineering has for a number of years been under
contract to the developer of the Pacific Center East Specific Plan
Area, Catellus Development Corporation, to perform preliminary
engineering services related to the above noted work. Due to the
current economic downturn, Catellus has found themselves unable to
financially proceed at this time with the consulting engineering
services necessary to complete, process and obtain approval of the
PSR. Accordingly, through a separate agreement between the Agency
and Catellus approved on January 3, 1994, it has been determined to
be mutually beneficial to proceed with gaining PSR approval from
Caltrans for the Interchange project by the Agency/City retaining and
fully administering the services of Dokken Engineering to complete
the work that they had been performing.for Catellus.
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Assistant City Manager
Robert S. Ledendecker
Director of Public Works/
City Engineer
CAS: RSL: DRK:klb:psrdokk2
Engineering Services Manager