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Home My WebLink AboutRDA EL CAMINO SIGNING 01-07-80REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY No. 4, 1-7-80 Jmnuary 2, 1980 Walter T. Flaherty, M.D. 13362 Ne%~port Avenue, Suite A Tustin, California 92680 Re: E1 Camino Real Business Area Signing Dear Dr. Flaherty: :_losed is a report from the Director of Public Works, Bob Ledendecker, ~chich I believe answers your questions. ihe lights and signals on E1 Camino Real at Main mhd First are ~nder the s~r~e contract as the Centennial signal. Unforttmately, the poles for the ii Camino Real signals were manufactured incorrectly and had to be c~nstructed. The contractor already had the Centennial signals up before he realized this, or he would have waited for the other poles and installed ~nem all at once. >,~ are required by imv to contract this work ou% and we cannot control the nmnufacture and sequence of installation as a practical matter. %~ are s2rry you apparently feel the City is deliberately delaying or deferring El Camino Real projects because nothing could be further from the truth. ;% will continue to pursue the E1 Camino Real area as a high priority area. Please let me lmow if you have further questions. Shnc rely yours, Dan Blank ''p City Administrator DB/hlr ~closures CC~ Tom Kelly Linda Peramba ~rgaret Pottinger Old To~mTask Force City Center 300 Centennial Tmtin, California 92680 (714) 544-8890 DATE: DECEMBER 28, 1979 Inter-Corn TO: FROM: SUBJECT: DAN BLANKENSHIP, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TUSTIN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOB LEDENDECKER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER CONTRACT TIME EXTENSION - TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLATIONS AT EL CAMINO REAL AT MAIN STREET, EL CAMINO REAL AT FIRST STREET, FIRST STREET AT CENTENNIAL WAY The contractor for the subject contract has requested a time extension to this contract in the amount of 55 days, due to his suppliers being unable to deliver materials and equipment within the designated contract period. The contract completion dates are recapped as follows: Contract starting date ................................ August 13, 1979 Contract time allowance ............................... 120 calendar days Original contract completion date ..................... December ll, 1979 Additional time requested ............................. 55 calendar days Adjusted contract completion date ..................... February 9, 1980 It is standard practice in the traffic signal equipment industry that controllers, poles and signal indicator heads are not standard inventory items. This practice normally results in delays of material and equipment deliveries by the suppliers. A letter of concern has been received from the E1 Camino Real business people re- garding the signing related to this traffic signal project. A copy of this letter and a separate Staff report is attached for your information. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency at their meeting of January 7, 1980, authorize a time extension of 55 days to the contract with Grissom & Johnson, Inc., for the installation of traffic signals at the inter- sections of E1 Camino Real at Main Street, E1 Camino Real at First Street and Centennial Way at First Street. BOB LEDENDECKER Director of Public Works/ City Engineer BL:rvm DATE: DECEMBER 28, 1979 Inter-Corn TO: FROH: SUBJECT: DAN BLANKENSHIP, CITY ADMINISTRATOR BOB LEDENDECKER, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER EL CAMINO REAL BUSINESS AREA SIGNING The attached letter has been received from Dr. Walter Flaherty representing the E1 Camino Real Businessmen's group and addresses their major concerns about sign~ lng in the E1Cami~no Real area. Dr. Flaherty has apparently seen the installation of the traffic signal standards at First Street and Centennial Way with the street signs attached to the new standards. This intersection is a part of a total project consisting of the fol- lowing work: COST First Street @ Centennial Way Install new traffic signal safety lighting and signing ..... $37,500.00 First Street @ E1Camino Real Install new traffic signal safety lighting and signing ..... $41,000.00 Main Street @ E1Camino Real Install new traffic signal safety lighting and signing ..... $47,700.00 These intersections were included into one contract so as to reduce the contract admistration cost and to hopefully secure a more economical construction cost by utilizing one contractor in lieu of three separate contractors. The signing at each of the intersections will provide for street signing similar to that which has been installed at Centennial Way. This signing will be approx- imately 8" white letters on a green background and is internally illuminated for evening hours. In addition to this street signing at E1Camino Real and First Street, an additional directional sign for the I-5 Freeway will be provided for visual display to eastbound and westbound First Street motorists. This sign will also be illuminated for evening hours. The contractor for these installations has indicated that there is a delay in the delivery of the signal standards to which the equipment is attached. Pumco, the supplier, has indicated that the poles will be delivered about the second week of January, 1980. At this time the project can be completed. The City has no control over the order in which the contractor installs the signal standards and signing, unless a timing sequence is indicated in the initial bid package. In this project, no timing sequence was specified because this usually increases the bid price for the project. There is a general misunderstanding between Dr. Flaherty and the City regarding DAN BLANKENSHIP December 28, 1979 Page 2 the intersections listed in the second paragraph of his letter. Signing will be installed at First Street and E1Camino Real as previously mentioned with the current contract. Signing will be installed at Newport Avenue and El Camino Real, but not with the present contract. This signing is included with the Newport Avenue Interconnect project which is being funded by the Federal Aid Urban (F.A.U.) program (86% Federal - 14% Local funding). These plans are being processed through CalTrans and Federal Highway Works Administration (FoH.W.A.) and hopefully will be advertised for bids in March-April, 1980. No signing has been programmed at the intersection of Red Hill Avenue and Laguna Road (designated as E1Camino in Flaherty's letter). This area is outside the limits of the Redevelopment Agency and could be funded with either general fund, gas tax or revenue sharing funds. If desired, this project could be included within the 1980-81 Capital Improvement Budget. The estimated cost for this intersection improvement is approximately $60,000.00. BOB LEDENDECKER Director of Public Works/ City Engineer BL:rvm Wat.T r T. M.D. 13362 NEWPORT AVENUE, SUITE A T'dSTIN. CALIFORNIA 92550 OPHTHALMOLOGY PH. {714) 838-2520 aa {714) 544.~56 December 21, 1979 Stephen Schuster, Mayor Members oF Council, and Redevelopment Cemmlt,~ee Centennial Way Tust[n, CaliF. 92680 Gentlemen and Mrs. Kennedy: It is with chagrin and dlseppolntment that ] note the First' end Centennial Way stop Ilght instolled with the Centennial Way s~gn nc~,g~ng From the cfm overhead. We people on E! Ccm~no Re~l have been urging and pleadir, g with Council cnd Redevelopment for such signs ct First and El Cemino, Newpor¢ and El Cam[no, and Red Hill and El Camino. To no avail, and Mr. BrotemcrkJe remarked et the meeting on Dec. 20, 1979 :hat he knew oF no such sign desired by us or requested by us, despite the priority for overhead~ ~hat we nave d[scuszed..umw.au>- t~:nes. This Js a 'damn shame! Once more a Christmas season has come end gone without EJ Cem[no recl~zing [ts she. re of this business. As we have yelled and begged For overhead s'~gns ,%r so lot. g, many years to create identity, we can only think that some kind of £¢vorJtlsm is being extended; cer..*ainJy Cen?ennJal Way has no businesses ct all, is a short street, and no urgency for idenHty is there compared with the years oF cgon~zir, g that so many oF us hove endured over lack of signs to El Ccmino. The signs hove been promised; one or two offlc[cls said aon,~rcc,~s were let. What hcppensO. Centennlal¥1aygetstheslgns, EICcmino Real nas' none. Council - 2 - 12/21/79 It can't be a lack oF money; El CamJno generates income; Centennial V/ay does no,'. Maybe El Ccmino merchants should 8o something ugly such es with holding that percentcge o£ the;r tax des;gnated For local use. Instead oF a lenghy ans,.ver~ ,ill led with blah blah excuses, could you break the [nertia over on Centennial Way, end put up these signs? Or~ ii~we are not J'oget them, please so reply to thJsletter, so that wewl[I then know what position we cra in For Further ectlvit]es. " Sincerely, I ;,?.; Walter T. Flahert7, M.D. WTF:g