For City Council Meeting [August 14, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Ahmad R. Ansari, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Robert G. Eisenbeisz, P.E., Public Works Director/City Engineer
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Request City Council to Approve a Cooperative Agreement for Construction and Maintenance (C&M) with Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) in the amount of $572,922, and Authorize Release of Request for Bids No. 19-002 for the Cedar Avenue Sidewalk and Railroad Crossing Improvements, City Project No. 130808.
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BACKGROUND:
In April 2012, the City of Rialto, with support of the Rialto Unified School District (RUSD), submitted an application to the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for Cycle 10 of the State funded Safe Routes to School (SR2S) Grant Program. The City's application requested funding to construct a missing link of sidewalk along the east side of Cedar Avenue, between Merrill Avenue and the Metrolink tracks, to provide a safe path of travel for children walking to and from school.
In September 2012, Caltrans approved the City's grant application awarding the City a total of $446,200 for the project. On December 11, 2013, the City Council accepted the Federal SR2S grant. Upon review of the plans and specifications for the sidewalk extending south of the railroad tracks with proposed railroad crossing improvements; and after field meetings and discussions with Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), it became apparent that the estimated project cost, including the required rail crossing improvements, would exceed the amount of the original SRTS grant funding. The SRTS grant funds are sufficient for the design and construction of the sidewalk; however, the cost of the rail crossing improvements exceeded the remaining SRTS funds. This prompted staff to pursue other applicable grant funding opportunities in order to augment the original SRTS grant funding so that the City could ...
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