For City Council Meeting July 22, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Tim Sullivan, Assistant City Manager
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Request City Council to: (1) Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with Jacobs for I-10/Riverside Avenue Interchange Phase II, City Project No. 140813, to Extend the Term of the Agreement; and (2) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff requests that City Council:
1) Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with Jacobs for I-10/Riverside Avenue Interchange Phase II, City Project No. 140813 to extend the term of the Agreement; and,
2) Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute all related documents.
BACKGROUND
In June 2012, the City of Rialto, in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA), previously coordinated and funded the completion of the I-10/Riverside Avenue Interchange Project (the "Interchange Project").
The Interchange Project is located immediately adjacent to an existing Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) bridge crossing, a local bridge owned and maintained by the City of Rialto. This UPRR bridge crossing is located over the West Colton Yard, one of the largest railroad hubs for UPRR. With the understanding that the LA/Long Beach ports move 40% of the nation's cargo throughout the United States, much of that cargo is offloaded onto rail cars traveling directly through the West Colton Yard and under the City's UPRR bridge crossing.
During the design of the Interchange Project, decisions were made to construct a narrower overcrossing to "fit" the eastbound I-10 on/off ramps without impacting the immediately adjacent UPRR bridge to the south of the I-10 freeway. This design was based, in part, on minimizing the cost of the Interchange Project, as widening the UPRR bridge ...
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