CITY OF FAIRFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-60
APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARDING A CONTRACT TO GHILOTTI BROTHERS, INC. FOR THE WEST TEXAS STREET COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING AN UPDATE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 BUDGET
WHEREAS, the Heart of Fairfield Specific Plan identified the improvement of the West Texas Steet Project (CPW070110) between Beck and Pennsylvania Avenue as a complete street to be a high priority, and
WHEREAS, in 2017, the City was awarded $ 10,903,000 in Active Transportation Program grant funds to construct the complete street improvements; and
WHEREAS, the plans and specifications for the West Texas Complete Streets Project (Plans) have been completed by GHD Engineers; and
WHEREAS, 36 months of landscape maintenance that will be performed after construction will be awarded using a Landscape Maintenance Agreement; and
WHEREAS, bids were opened on March 11, 2025; and
WHEREAS, staff has reviewed the bids and found the bid submitted by, Ghilotti Brothers, Inc. of San Rafael in the amount of $10,084,965 is the lowest responsive and responsible bid; and
WHEREAS, staff is recommending the City Council award the contract to Ghilotti Brothers, Inc. in the amount of $10,084,965; and
WHEREAS, additional funding in the amount of $284,530 for broadband infrastructure (Fund 551) was not allocated in the City’s approved fiscal year (FY) 2024-2025 Budget, thus requiring an adjustment of $284,530 to the Project construction budget; and
WHEREAS, per Resolution No. 2023 -215, the city has received $1,195,000 in Regional Transportation Impact Fee (RTIF) for the Project, and is receiving an additional $175,000 of RTIF per the First Amendment to Regional Transportation Impact Fee Funding Agreement Between Solano Transportation Authority and City of Fairfield for the West Texas Complete Streets Project on August 20,2024; and
WHEREAS, $3,480,470 of SB1 funding is to be released from West Texas Complete Streets Project; and
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WHEREAS, the revised appropriation constitutes an update to the FY 2024 -2025 Budget approved pursuant to Resolution No. 2014-133.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD HEREBY RESOLVES:
Section 1. The Plans for the Project are hereby approved.
Section 2. The city manager or designee is authorized to enter into a contract with Ghilotti Brothers, Inc. of San Rafael, California for the Project for a not-to-exceed amount of $10,084,965.
Section 3. The city manager or designee is authorized to enter into a separate Landscape Maintenance Agreement with Ghilotti Brothers, Inc. of San Rafael, California for a not-to-exceed amount of $100,800.
Section 4. The public works director is here by authorized to execute and administer change orders for an amount not-to exceed 15% ($1,512,745) of the above contract amount.
Section 5. The city manager is authorized to enter into an escrow agreement for security deposits in lieu of retention for said contract, if necessary.
Section 6. The city manager is authorized and directed to all things necessary to implement the above-mentioned contract.
Section 7. The council hereby approves a budget transfer of $284,530 to cover broadband infrastructure construction cost from the Intergovernmental Loan Fund (Fund 551).
Section 8. The council hereby approves an appropriation of $175,000 in RTIF to the Capital Streets Fund (CPW070110) for design.
Section 9. The council hereby approves the release of $3,480,470 of SB1 funding from the West Texas Complete Streets Project (CPW070110).
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of April 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: MEMBERS: MOY/BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO/SANDHU/TONNESEN/WILLIAMS NOES: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________ ABSENT: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK