HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.C. # 13 12-04-89 I-5/SR55TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
WILLIAM HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
I-5/SR-55 PHASE II RECONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC CONTROL MITIGATION
(FILE #2135)
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council at their meeting of December 4, 1989 authorize, by
minute motion, staff to purchase traffic signal controllers and equipment
for the First Street, Yorba Street, and Irvine Boulevard improvement
project by material bid.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Tustin has entered into District Agreement No. 12-028 with
the California Department of TransPortation (Caltrans) which provides for
Tustin to complete highway and traffic signal system improvements on
First Street, Yorba Street and Irvine Boulevard. The improvements are
intended to mitigate anticipated adverse traffic impacts that will result
from work by Caltrans on Phase II of the project to reconstruct the
I-5/SR-55 Interchange.
The plans for the improvements are under design, but it will be several
weeks before a construction contract for the work can be executed.
Because of the extended lead time necessary for manufacture and delivery
of controllers and equipment for the traffic signals to be installed, it
would be much faster, and in the best interest of the City, to accelerate
the purchase of the traffic signal controllers and equipment and obtain
them under a separate materials bid. The controllers and equipment will
be held in stock for installation by a contractor under a standard public
Works construction contract.
It is estimated that the cost of the controllers and equipment will be
$120,000. In accordance with the provisions of District Agreement No.
12-028, the City will be reimbursed the cost of the controllers and
equipment by Caltrans.
Bob Ledendecker
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
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