City of Rialto - File #: 23-336

• File #: 23-336
• Version: 1
• Type: Agenda Item
• Status: Approved
• File created: 3/24/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 7/25/2023
• Final action: 7/25/2023
• Title: Request City Council to: (1) Adopt Budget Resolution No. 8118 Amending the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Budget to Accept Additional HSIP Grant funds in the Amount of $577,710 and Appropriate $265,028 from the Local Measure I Fund; (2) Award a Construction Contract to I E General Engineering Inc., a California Corporation in the amount of $1,391,338.00 for the Base Bid Schedule for the Baseline Road Median Project, City Project No. 170812, Federal Project No. HSIP 5205-027; (3) Award Professional Services Agreement to Transtech Engineers, Inc. in the amount of $136,200 for Construction Management, Inspection and Materials Testing Services for the Baseline Road Median Project, City Project No. 170812; Federal Project No. HSIP 5205-027; (4) Delegate Authority to the City Manager to Approve Contract Change Orders in the Cumulative Amount of $200,000; and (4) Authorize the Acting City Manager to Execute all Related Documents. (ACTION)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/25/2023	1	City Council

For City Council Meeting July 25, 2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Arron Brown, Acting City Manager
FROM: Tim Sullivan, Director of Maintenance and Facilities

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Request City Council to: (1) Adopt Budget Resolution No. 8118 Amending the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Budget to Accept Additional HSIP Grant funds in the Amount of $577,710 and Appropriate $265,028 from the Local Measure I Fund; (2) Award a Construction Contract to I E General Engineering Inc., a California Corporation in the amount of $1,391,338.00 for the Base Bid Schedule for the Baseline Road Median Project, City Project No. 170812, Federal Project No. HSIP 5205-027; (3) Award Professional Services Agreement to Transtech Engineers, Inc. in the amount of $136,200 for Construction Management, Inspection and Materials Testing Services for the Baseline Road Median Project, City Project No. 170812; Federal Project No. HSIP 5205-027; (4) Delegate Authority to the City Manager to Approve Contract Change Orders in the Cumulative Amount of $200,000; and (4) Authorize the Acting City Manager to Execute all Related Documents.
(ACTION)
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BACKGROUND
On October 20, 2016, staff submitted a grant application for the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 8 from the Federal Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan to improve safety for motorists and pedestrians traveling along Baseline Road between Willow Avenue and Meridian Avenue. Baseline Road does not have a raised median within these roadway limits.

The lack of a median is considered a factor in the traffic collisions that have occurred due to vehicles attempting to cross multiple lanes while turning left out of driveways and vehicles turning left across oncoming traffic while making turns into driveways. The installation of a raised median was identified as a measure to reduce traffic conflict points, to help reduce the number of head-on collisions caused by drivers merging into oncoming traffic, and to help reduce broadsid...