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City of San Leandro <br />City Council <br />Meeting Date: May 15, 2023 <br />Agenda Number: 11.e. <br />Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />File Number: 23-171 <br />File Type: Staff Report <br />Adopt a Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Award a Construction Contract to Gruendl Inc. dba <br />Ray’s Electric for $669,487 for the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard Traffic Signal Upgrade <br />Project, Project No. 2020.5620, Federal Project No.- HSIPL 5041 (049); to Authorize the City Manager <br />to Negotiate and Approve Individual Change Orders Up to 5% of the Original Contract Amount <br />($33,474); and to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Cumulative Change Orders up <br />to 25% of the Original Contract Amount ($167,372) <br />COUNCIL PRIORITY <br />·Infrastructure <br />·Public Safety <br />SUMMARY <br />This contract provides for traffic signal improvements and safety enhancement at the intersection <br />of Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager to: <br />·Award a construction contract to Gruendl Inc. dba Ray’s Electric, Inc. for $669,487; <br />·Negotiate and approve individual change orders up to 5% (or $33,474) of the original <br />contract amount; and <br />·Negotiate and approve change orders up to a cumulative value not to exceed 25% (or <br />$167,372) of the original contract amount . <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST), which was signed into law on <br />December 4, 2015, established the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) as a core <br />Federal-aid program. The overall purpose of this program is to achieve a significant reduction in <br />traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads through the implementation of <br />infrastructure-related highway safety improvements. <br />The City was awarded $323,910 in the 2018 HSIP Cycle 9 to upgrade the traffic signal and <br />improve the traffic safety at the Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard intersection. <br />The Wicks Boulevard and Manor Boulevard intersection ranked high on the City’s High Collision <br />Intersections list, which is regularly monitored and updated by City staff. Nineteen collisions were <br />reported between April 1, 2013, and March 31, 2018. Twelve of the collisions involved the <br />southbound left-turn traffic and the northbound through traffic. The remaining seven collisions were <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/10/2023