Laserfiche WebLink
CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />STAFF REPORT <br />DATE: September 6, 2011 <br />TO: Lianne Marshall, Interim City <br />APPROVED AND <br />FORWARDED <br />TO CITY COUNCIL <br />Lianne Marshall <br />Interim City Manager <br />FROM: Uchenna Udemezue, Director, <br />Engineering and Transportation <br />BY: Kenneth Joseph, City <br />Engineering and Tran <br />SUBJECT PROJECT /PROJECT DESC <br />r <br />Departmen <br />'TION: <br />RESOLUTION OF AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO AJW CONSTRUCTION <br />FOR THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) RAMP PROJECT, PROJECT <br />NO. 2012.0140. <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br />This project provides for the construction of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant <br />sidewalk wheelchair ramps at street intersections throughout the city. <br />Staff recommends award of the construction contract to AJW Construction in the amount <br />$128,900.00 for the subject project. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In 1995, the City completed an ADA transition plan that describes the work required to bring the <br />City into compliance with national ADA requirements. The transition plan states that the City <br />will install sidewalk wheelchair ramps at intersections whenever repair is made to the adjacent <br />street or sidewalk. <br />This CDBG- funded project will install ramps from the Priority One list. Priority One ramps are. <br />defined as ramps that should have been upgraded to current ADA standards when a significant <br />street repair project was performed adjacent to them during or after 1995. <br />Approximately 239 ramps on the Priority One list have been installed using CDBG funds. It is <br />estimated that CDBG funding is available for an additional 25 ramps as part of this project. <br />Additional ramps will be installed at the request of residents and will be funded using <br />Transportation Development Act (TDA) grant funds. <br />