Laserfiche WebLink
File Number: 19-593 <br />an organization hired by the City to provide free technical assistance to comply with the CWA. All <br />of the responsive bidders signed the Community Workforce Agreement commitment form. <br />As is standard in the construction industry, staff balanced site investigation costs with the risk of <br />finding unforeseen conditions during construction as well as the design costs with the level of <br />detail on the plans. As a result, unforeseen conditions may be encountered during construction <br />and plan details may need to be adjusted or clarified. In order to minimize delay to the project and <br />ensure that the scope of work is adjusted as needed to provide the highest quality project, staff <br />requests that the City Council authorize the City Manager or his designee to negotiate and <br />approve individual change orders up to 5% ($58,649) of the original contract amount. In addition, <br />staff is requesting authority to negotiate and approve cumulative change orders up to 27% <br />($316,705) of the original contract amount. While this level of cumulative change orders is <br />relatively high, this will help to ensure efficient completion of the project on budget and on <br />schedule, and will allow staff the flexibility to add as many resident requests as possible, gaining <br />economies of scale from a contractor already mobilized and in the field. <br />Staff recommends an additional appropriation of $170,000 in Measure B Bicycle & Pedestrian <br />Funds. This appropriation will allow the City to take advantage of the competitive unit prices from <br />the low bidder and reduce the backlog of repair requests. <br />Current Agency Policies <br />·Maintain and enhance San Leandro’s Infrastructure <br />Applicable General Plan Policies <br />·Policy T-3.6 - Pedestrian Environment. Improve the walkability of all streets in San Leandro <br />through the planning, implementing, and maintaining of pedestrian supportive <br />infrastructure. <br />·Policy T-3.7 - Removing Barriers to Active Transportation. Reduce barriers to walking and <br />other forms of active transportation such as incomplete or uneven sidewalks, lack of <br />wheelchair ramps and curb cuts, sidewalk obstructions including cars parked on <br />sidewalks, trail gaps, wide intersections, and poor sidewalk connections to transit stops. <br />·Policy CSF-6.8 - Maintenance. Ensure that sufficient funding is provided for the ongoing <br />maintenance of City-owned facilities, including streets, street lights, traffic signals, <br />landscaping, street trees, storm drains, public buildings and other infrastructure. <br />Environmental Review <br />This project is Categorically Exempt per California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section <br />15301(c) of the CEQA guidelines. A Notice of Exemption was filed with the Alameda County <br />Recorder’s Office on September 27, 2019, and the City received no public objections to the <br />project within the statutory comment period. <br />Summary of Public Outreach Efforts <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/13/2019 <br />72