For City Council Meeting March 26, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM: Tim Sullivan, Director of Maintenance and Facilities
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Consideration of Award of a Construction Contract to Leonida Builders Inc., a California Corporation, in the amount of $427,760, for the Baseline Road Median Fence Improvement Project, City Project No. 240803.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Award a Construction Contract to Leonida Builders Inc., in the amount of $427,760 for the Baseline Road Median Fence Improvement Project, City Project No. 240803.
2. Authorize the City Manager to Execute all Related Documents.
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BACKGROUND
The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a core Federal-aid highway program, the purpose of which is to achieve a significant reduction in fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. The HSIP is a federally-funded, State-administered program under 23 U.S.C. 148, 23 U.S.C. 150, and 23 U.S.C. 130 and regulated by 23 CFR Parts 924 and 490. Under 23 CFR Part 490, each State is required to establish annual safety performance targets for five measures: 1) number of fatalities, 2) number of serious injuries, 3) fatality rate (per hundred million vehicle miles traveled), 4) serious injury rate, and 5) number of non-motorized fatalities and serious injuries.
On October 20, 2016, the City of Rialto submitted a grant application for the HSIP Cycle 8 from the Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan (FSTIP) to improve safety for motorists and pedestrians traveling along Baseline Road between Willow Avenue and Meridian Avenue. A pedestrian fatality between Willow Avenue and Lilac Avenue resulted in the proposed inclusion of a fence between these two roads.
The City Council authorized the release of the Request for Bids (RFB) for the Baseline Median Project (Project) in January 2023. Staff presented the bid results to the Economic Development Committee (EDC) ...
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