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File ID: 2025-00047 1/7/2025 Consent Item 14.
Supplemental Agreement: Truxel Bridge Concept and Feasibility Study (T15235000) File ID: 2025-00047
Location: American River from Sequoia Pacific Boulevard at Richards Boulevard, District 4, Represented by Councilmember Pluckebaum; Truxel Road at Garden Highway, District 3, Represented by Mayor Pro Tem Talamantes
Recommendation: Pass a Motion: 1) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 5 to City Agreement No. 2023-0700 with Dokken Engineering in an amount not to exceed $24,580 increasing the total not to exceed amount of the agreement to $714,184.38; 2) resetting the City Manager’s authority to issue supplemental agreements for City Agreement No. 2023-0700; and 3) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to submit a grant application for Planning, Environmental, and Project Development phase for the Truxel Bridge to the federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program.
Contact: Fedolia “Sparky” Harris, Principal Planner, (916) 808-2996, [email protected]; Lucinda Willcox, Assistant Director, (916) 808-5052, [email protected]; Department of Public Works
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Supplemental Agreement No. 5
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: A bridge over the American River at Truxel Road is a critical multi-mode mobility link to improve regional connections. The bridge has been part of City and regional plans for many years.
In October 2021, the City, in partnership with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), applied for the Caltrans Sustainability Grant for a Feasibility Study for the Truxel Bridge project (Resolution 2021-0323) and was successful in being awarded grant funding. The Sacramento Regional Transit District pledged $10,000 towards a match for the application to demonstrate their commitment and partnership towards the future crossing of the American River. The City has since
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executed a subrecipient agreement with SACOG (City Agreement No. 2022-1491) and the City is managing the project. In January 2023, the City established the Capital Improvement Project (T15235000) and budget for the project.
On June 27, 2023, Council authorized the City Manager to execute a professional Services Agreement with Dokken Engineering in the amount of $558,668 (City Agreement No. 2023-0700) to conduct a comprehensive engineering feasibility study to move the project closer to construction by identifying constraints, analyzing the traffic impacts of feasible alignments, analyzing the hydraulic impacts of feasible alignments, determining necessary right-of-way, and developing preliminary cost estimates for budgeting and future grant cycles. The following supplements to this contract have been issued to address new requests:
2023-0700-01, approved on April 29, 2024, for $40,931 for additional scope tasks associated with traffic analysis to address community concerns.
2023-0700-02, approved on June 18, 2024, for $30,998 for additional tasks associated with preparing a grant application for the Project Approval and Environmental Documentation phase of the Truxel Bridge Project.
2023-0700-03. approved on November 7, 2024, for $59,008 for additional tasks associated with environmental analysis for an amendment to Sacramento County’s American River Parkway Plan. 2023-0700-04, approved on November 27, 2024, to reallocate funds from substantially completed tasks to a subconsultant to support additional grant preparation.
Supplemental agreement No. 5 is being sought to increase the budget by $24,580 for additional tasks associated with finalizing a federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant application to fund the Project Approval and Environmental Documentation (PA&ED) phase of the Truxel Bridge Project. City Council approval is needed because this supplemental agreement will cause the post-award changes to exceed the 10% limit delegated to the City Manager’s Office pursuant to City Code section 3.04.020.
This action is only for contract amendment and approval to pursue grant funding. The final options related to the Truxel Bridge Feasibility Study will be presented to the Active Transportation Commission and then to the City Council later in 2025.
Policy Considerations: A multi-modal Truxel Bridge is included in the 2040 General Plan and the regional Metropolitan Transportation Plan. On October 17, 2024, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) Board of Directors approved the Regional Project Prioritization Program which included the Truxel Bridge as the regional priority project for the federal RAISE (Planning) Grant funding.
The Truxel Bridge Concept and Feasibility Study will help advance City General Plan goals and key policies of promoting safety and enhancing livability, sustainability, and economic vitality. The project promotes providing multi-modal choices (General Plan M 1.2.1), facilitating multi-modal access (General Plan M. 1.2.4), eliminating gaps in the multi-modal network (General Plan M 1.3.2),
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removing barrier for accessibility (General Plan M 1.3.4), developing a cohesive and continuous pedestrian network (General Plan M 2.1.4), extending and enhancing light rail (General Plan M
3.1.15), balancing community social, environmental, and economic goals (General Plan M 4.1.2), conducting community outreach (General Plan M 4.1.3), collaborating with other agencies to plan bridge crossings (General Plan M 4.1.5), accommodating all users including bicyclists, pedestrians, transit riders, and motorists (General Plan M 4.2.1), providing a continuous bikeway network (General Plan M 5.1.3), and reducing motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrian conflicts.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): Entering into a professional services agreement for the Truxel Bridge Concept and Feasibility Study is not subject to the provisions of CEQA under sections 15060(c)(3) and 15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies). Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) the creation of government funding mechanisms or other governmental fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment is not a project. The subject activity involves only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the City has not approved, adopted, or funded.
Appropriate CEQA review and documentation will take place prior to approval of project development.
Sustainability: Transportation is responsible for 57% of Sacramento’s local greenhouse gas emissions, the single largest sector. Providing safe multi-modal transportation alternatives helps to reduce single-occupant vehicle use and contributes towards Sacramento’s climate change goals.
This feasibility study furthers the City’s commitment to sustainability by laying the groundwork to significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels, encourage less driving, reduce dependence on private automobiles, and support expansion of bicycle, pedestrian, and public transit access.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: As the consultant conducting the Truxel Bridge Concept and Feasibility Study, Dokken Engineering is best positioned to prepare the RAISE Grant application given limited staff resources and the pending January 30, 2025, application deadline.
Financial Considerations: There will be sufficient funding in the Truxel Bridge Concept and Feasibility Study (T15235000) to execute a Supplemental Agreement for an amount not to exceed $24,580 with Dokken Engineering for a total contract amount of $714,184 and to complete the complete the revised scope following approval of this action.
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This PA&ED phase is estimated to cost approximately $6 million. If the RAISE grant is successful, local match funding would be provided from the I-5 Subregional Mitigation Fee (Fund 2033) fund balance.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.