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File ID: 2025-01280 9/9/2025
Professional Services Agreement: T Street Bikeway Gap Closure (R15200000) File ID: 2025-01280
Location: T Street between 34th Street and Stockton Boulevard, District 4, District 5, District 6 Recommendation: Pass a Motion: 1) awarding a professional services agreement to Dokken Engineering for the T Street Bikeway Gap Closure Project (R15200000); and 2) authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to execute a professional services agreement with Dokken Engineering for an amount not to exceed $864,154.
Contact: Judith Matsui-Drury, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-7610, jmatsui[email protected]; Ofelia Avalos, Engineering Services Manager, (916) 808-5054, [email protected]; Department of Public Works Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Professional Services Agreement
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Stockton Boulevard is a five-lane arterial connecting the Central City to South Sacramento. The corridor serves the UC Davis Medical Center at its north end, a growing retail node around 14th Avenue, and Little Saigon to the south.
Many people walk, bicycle, and take the bus along the corridor, but the design of the street prioritizes fast-moving drivers. The City undertook a plan to understand community transportation needs and how safety and mobility could be strengthened for all users.
From 2019 through 2021, the City collected data and heard from the community to identify transportation issues and opportunities for Stockton Boulevard. The results of these efforts were captured in the Stockton Boulevard Corridor Plan (Plan) which was approved by the City Council in 2021. Based on community input, the Plan identified potential design opportunities at key locations to make a better corridor. Along the corridor, T Street was identified as a location with opportunities to improve safety, mobility, and better serve the community.
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As part of the Department of Public Works’ Transportation Corridor Program, staff embarked on preliminary feasibility and scoping efforts on T Street from 34th Street to Stockton Boulevard to implement safety improvements, bicycle connectivity, and improve pavement conditions to better serve the needs of the community. In addition, the proposed scope of the effort would include closing the gap of the recently paved 34th Street, from Truckee Way to T Street, which was deferred due to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) construction of the US Multimodal Corridor Enhancement and Rehabilitation project.
The City conducted a formal, competitive procurement process to retain a qualified professional engineering firm to complete preliminary engineering, environmental clearance, final design and construction support for the T Street Bikeway Gap Closure Project (“Project”). The City received one proposal from a responsive and qualified engineering firm. Based on the merits of the proposal, staff recommends awarding the professional services agreement to Dokken Engineering. Approval by the City Council is required to move forward with the execution of the Professional Services Agreement with Dokken Engineering.
Policy Considerations: The Project is consistent with the City General Plan goals and key policies of promoting safety and enhancing livability, sustainability, and economic vitality. The Project promotes the development of a connected network (General Plan ERC 2.1.2), connections to other trails (General Plan ERC 2.4.3), providing multi-modal choices (General Plan M 1.2.1), and providing a continuous bikeway network (General Plan M 5.1.3). The Project is consistent with the Mobility Element to create a well-connected transportation network through integration of recreation and community facilities with other public spaces. The Project is a near-term goal for the bikeway implementation plan.
The Stockton Blvd Corridor Plan was adopted by the City Council on September 21, 2021. The Plan is the City’s guiding concept plan for a common transportation vision for the Stockton Boulevard corridor from Alhambra Boulevard to 47th Avenue. Project specific efforts related to environmental clearance and final design will be taken to the City Council for approval.
In accordance with City Code 3.56.090, all contracts involving an expenditure of $250,000 or must be authorized by the City Council and executed by the city manager.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)).
Sustainability: The Project is consistent with the City’s General Plan goals of promoting walking by developing a universally accessible, safe, convenient, integrated, and well-connected pedestrian
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system. Transportation is also responsible for 57% of Sacramento’s local greenhouse gas emissions, the single largest sector. Providing safe and bikeable transportation alternatives helps to reduce single-occupant vehicle use and contribute towards Sacramento’s climate change goals.
Commission/Committee Action: The Project was presented to the Active Transportation Commission (ATC) on March 21, 2024. The ATC was supportive of the project. Staff communicated that additional public outreach and engagement would be performed as part of the preliminary engineering and environmental documentation phase of the project.
Rationale for Recommendation: The Project was advertised on March 14, 2025, and was received by 43 prospective bidders. On April 4, 2025, the City received one proposal from Dokken Engineering. Based on the merits of the proposal, staff recommends awarding the professional services agreement to Dokken Engineering. The City Council approval is required to move forward with the execution of the Professional Services Agreement with Dokken Engineering.
Financial Considerations: The estimated cost to complete preliminary engineering, environmental clearance and final design for the T Street Bikeway Gap Closure Project is approximately $1.3 million. There is sufficient funding within the Transportation Corridor Program (R15200000) (Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation, Fund 2036) to award the professional services agreement to Dokken Engineering for an amount not to exceed $864,154.
There are no General Funds planned or allocated for this project.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Dokken Engineering is not an LBE, but has partnered with LBEs, UNICO Engineering, Inc., KMP Strategies LLC, and Fehr and Peers, for this contract to exceed the minimum LBE participation requirement. UNICO Engineering, Inc. will provide surveying services; KMP Strategies LLC will provide public outreach and engagement; and Fehr and Peers will provide traffic signal design services.