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File ID: 2024-01503 8/13/2024 Consent Item 10.
Rejection of Bids for Franklin Boulevard Complete Street Project (T15165500) File ID: 2024-01503
Location: Franklin Boulevard between Sutterville Road/12th Avenue and 32nd Avenue, District 5, Represented by Vice Mayor Maple
Recommendation: Pass a Motion rejecting bids for the Franklin Boulevard Complete Street Project Contact: Megan Johnson, Senior Engineer, (916) 808-1967, [email protected]; Judy Matsui-Drury, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-7610, [email protected]; Ofelia Avalos, Engineering Manager, (916) 808-5054, [email protected]; Department of Public Works
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Additional Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In February 2020, the City Council accepted the Franklin Boulevard Complete Street Plan as the City’s guide for the reconfiguration of Franklin Boulevard between Sutterville Road and the city/county limits near 38th Avenue and adopted the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Plan (Resolution 2020-0039). The Franklin Boulevard Complete Street Project will transform the roadway into a “complete street” which serves all modes of transportation. Franklin Boulevard currently has four travel lanes, a center turn lane, and no bicycle lanes. The existing sidewalks have no landscaping or City street trees, and the pedestrian crossings of the street are long. This project will reduce the number of travel lanes to two, with a center turn lane, and install Class IV separated bikeways (using raised curbs and islands for separation from moving traffic), trees and landscaping, pedestrian-scale lighting, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant sidewalk and curb ramps, and on-street parking where appropriate and feasible.
The project was awarded $9,323,000 in competitive federal grant funds through the California Transportation Commission (CTC)-administered Active Transportation Program. The project has
File ID: 2024-01503 8/13/2024 Consent Item 10.
also received $8,411,000 in other federal grant funding, as well as Measure A Smart Growth Incentive Program funds from the Sacramento Transportation Authority. Grant funding administered through the CTC includes commitments to deadlines to award and construct the project.
The project was advertised for construction, and a total of five bids were received on June 19, 2024.
Following notification of intent to award, a bid protest was filed. Per City Code Chapter 3.56, the City Bid Protest Procedures are outlined in Article VI. The process includes an administrative hearing timeline that may exceed a funding program requirement for award of the construction contract, placing the grant funds at risk of forfeiture.
Rejecting bids would allow the City to update and clarify the construction documents and readvertise the project, ensuring a schedule that will meet the funding deadline.
Policy Considerations: The actions requested herein is consistent with City Code, which requires that rejection of bids for contracts of $250,000 or more must be approved by the City Council. Per City Code 3.56.170, if the City rejects any and all bids, the City may re-advertise for bids on the project.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations:
The City Council adopted the Franklin Boulevard Complete Street Mitigated Negative Declaration and Monitoring Plan on February 4, 2020 (Resolution 2020-0039).
This project is federally funded. In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Caltrans issued a Categorical Exclusion for the Franklin Boulevard Complete Street project on March 16, 2020.
No further environmental review is required for subsequent actions of the previously approved project.
Sustainability: The proposed project supports City Council’s sustainability priorities. The transportation sector accounts for 57% of community-wide greenhouse gas emissions, the largest single sector in the community. The City’s Climate Action Plan includes several implementation measures to reduce vehicle trips. The project would increase active transportation, reduce vehicular trips, and help ensure more efficient vehicular flow. These actions will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help improve local air quality.
Commission/Committee Action: The project was presented to the Disabilities Advisory Commission (DAC) on June 7, 2023, to receive and provide feedback. The DAC was supportive of the project and emphasized the need for the project’s improvements.
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The project was also presented to the City County Bicycle Advisory Committee (now, the Active Transportation Commission) on November 9, 2017, during the environmental review phase.
Committee members provided feedback on the concepts being considered, with preference for street -level Class IV bikeways, and were supportive of complete street improvements on Franklin Boulevard.
Rationale for Recommendation: Staff recommends rejecting bids and readvertising the project, which will allow for a more efficient and reliable schedule to award the contract, begin construction and meet obligations associated with the grant funding.
Financial Considerations: The City was allocated $9,323,000 federal Active Transportation Program funds and $8,411,000 in other federal funds for construction of the Franklin Boulevard Complete Street Project (T15165500). This funding will be appropriated to the budget with the future award of the construction contract, as this funding is conditioned upon awarding the project for construction. If grant funding requirements are not met, the City is at risk of forfeiting grant funds and returned to the granting agency.
There is adequate funding in the project to provide for readvertisement of bids.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.