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Home My WebLink About04 APPROVE PLANS AND SPECS FOR RED HILL AVE MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS, CIP NO. 70252 DocuSign Envelope ID:94A192EF-2FOB-44B3-BD22-B505582FD997 • Agenda Item 4Ds AGENDAREPORT Reviewed: sW City Manager Finance Director Le: MEETING DATE: MAY 18, 2021 TO: MATTHEW S. WEST, CITY MANAGER FROM: DOUGLAS S. STACK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER SUBJECT: APPROVE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE RED HILL AVENUE MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, CIP NO. 70252 SUMMARY The plans and specifications for the Red Hill Avenue Median Improvements Project, CIP No. 70252, have been prepared and the project is now ready for bid. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Adopt Resolution No. 21-34 approving the plans and specifications for the Red Hill Avenue Median Improvements Project, CIP No. 70252; and 2. Authorize the City Clerk to advertise to receive bids. FISCAL IMPACT Funding in the amount of$370,000 has been budgeted and appropriated in the Capital Improvement Program for construction of the project using Gas Tax (Fund 130). The total engineer's estimate is $303,312. CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN The project contributes to the fulfillment of the City's Strategic Plan Goal B: Public Safety and Protection of Assets, to ensure Tustin is an attractive, safe and well-maintained community in which people feel pride. Specifically, the project implements Strategy #5, which among other items, is to ensure continuous maintenance and improvement of public facilities. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND On May 9, 2016, the Governor of the State of California issued Executive Order B-37-16 "Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life", making permanent many of the orders and provisions included in previous Emergency Proclamations and Executive Orders issued during severe drought conditions, including the prohibition of irrigation with potable water of ornamental turf in public street medians. In compliance with the Order, the Red Hill Avenue Median Improvements Project, CIP No. 70252, will remove dead median turf along Red Hill Avenue between Lance Drive and First Street and replace with drought tolerant plant material and water efficient irrigation systems. Also included in the project are lengthening of left turn pockets at Bryan Avenue, removal of existing substandard height median curbs and replacement with full height curbs, installation of median pavers and decorative hardscape, and utility relocations. New median curb elevations will be set to correspond DocuSign Envelope ID:94A192EF-2FOB-44B3-BD22-B505582FD997 Red Hill Avenue Median Improvements Project May 18, 2021 Page 2 to expected finished roadway elevations associated with the Red Hill Avenue Rehabilitation project planned for fiscal year 2022/2023. The tentative schedule for construction of this project is as follows: • Authorization to Advertise for Bids ....................................................................05/18/2021 • First Legal Advertisement..................................................................................05/20/2021 • Second Legal Advertisement.............................................................................05/27/2021 • Bid Opening.......................................................................................................06/22/2021 • Award of Contract..............................................................................................07/20/2021 • Start Construction............................................................................................August 2021 • Complete Construction.................................................................................. October 2021 Since this project involves the replacement and repair of existing facilities with minor modifications, it is Categorically Exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements. A Notice of Exemption has been prepared for the project, and will be recorded with the County of Orange. Dou . Stack, P.E. D' ctt6f Public Works/City Engineer Attachment(s): 1. Resolution No.21-34 2. Location Map S:\City Council Items\2021 Council Items\05-18-2021\Approve P&S for Red Hill Median Improvements\Approval of P&S Red Hill Medians (CIP 70252).docx DocuSign Envelope ID:94A192EF-2FOB-44B3-BD22-B505582FD997 ATTACHMENT 1 Resolution No. 21-34 DocuSign Envelope ID:94A192EF-2FOB-44B3-BD22-B505582FD997 RESOLUTION NO. 21-34 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE RED HILL AVENUE MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, CIP NO. 70252, AND AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California to contract for the construction of the Red Hill Avenue Median Improvements Project, CIP No. 70252; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer has presented plans and specifications for the construction of said work; and WHEREAS, the CIP No. 70252 project is categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); Class 1, Section 15301: Existing Facilities; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the plans and specifications presented by the City Engineer are hereby approved as the plans and specifications for: Red Hill Avenue Median Rehabilitation Project CIP No. 70252 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to advertise as required by law for the receipt of sealed bids or proposals for the performance of the work specified in the aforesaid plans and specifications; PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin held on the 181h day of May, 2021. LETITIA CLARK Mayor ATTEST: ERICA N. YASUDA City Clerk DocuSign Envelope ID:94A192EF-2FOB-44B3-BD22-B505582FD997 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) I, Erica N. Yasuda, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 21-34 was duly and regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 18th day of May, 2021 by the following vote: COUNCILMEMBER AYES: COUNCILMEMBER NOES: COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: ERICA N. YASUDA City Clerk DocuSign Envelope ID:94A192EF-2FOB-44B3-BD22-B505582FD997 ATTACHMENT 2 Location Map DocuSign Envelope ID:94A192EF-2FOB-4483-BD22-B505582FD997 CITY OF TUSTIN NO SCALE IS>, FFA �q� G Gq q PINE TREE PARK �q PROD Fo LO ION P AM RM HE NeEl—W Brpn.Ewq PROJECT NAME:RED HILL AVENUE MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT(CIP NO.70252)