ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: December 17, 2025 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent - Agreements TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Zachary Meyer, Public Works Director
DATE: November 25, 2025
SUBJECT: Amendment No. 18 to Agreement No. 14-288 with Parsons Transportation Group (Parsons) ($270,165.65; revised not to exceed $43,099,258.92) for additional support services during construction of the Centennial Corridor EB-58 to NB-99 Loop Connector Project (7th Movement).
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the amendment.
BACKGROUND:
The Centennial Corridor Project will connect State Route (SR) 58 east of SR-99 to the Westside Parkway west of SR-99. The Project will provide both a regional and local freeway that significantly improves local circulation and facilitates regional traffic movement. The Centennial Corridor Project will be the largest project in the Thomas Roads Improvements Program (TRIP and will tie together many of the previously constructed TRIP projects to create a central, east-west, access-controlled transportation corridor through the Bakersfield Metropolitan Area.
Amendment No. 18 provides additional compensation to Parsons Transportation Group Inc., the designer of record of the 7 th Movement Project, for support services during construction. Services for the project include continued response to Requests for Information (RFI), preparation of Contract Change Orders (CCOs), and review and response to contractor proposed Value Engineering Change Proposals (VECP). This amendment also includes compensation for services related to moving forward the State Route 58 Route Adoption.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funds for this contract amendment have been previously budgeted and there is no General Fund impact associated with this amendment.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Reliable Infrastructure
ATTACHMENTS:
Amendment 18