DATE: AUGUST 23, 2022
DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
FROM: DAVID JACOBS, P.E, P.L.S, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THROUGH: ADRIANA ROBLES, P.E, CFM, CITY ENGINEER
BY: ELISE RAMIREZ, P.E, SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER
TITLE: BARDIN ROAD SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT NO. 9218 AND THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORPS.
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
A motion to approve a Sponsor Agreement between the City of Salinas and California Conservation Corps (CCC) for the Bardin Road Safe Routes to School Improvements, Project No. 9218, Federal Project ATPL-5045(031); and authorize the City Manager to execute all documents pertaining to the Agreement.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council approve a Sponsor Agreement between the City of Salinas and California Conservation Corps (CCC) for the Bardin Road Safe Routes to School Improvements, Project No. 9218, Federal Project ATPL-5045(031) in the amount of $46,800; and authorize the City Manager to execute all documents pertaining to the Agreement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On November 17, 2020, City Council approved Resolution No. 22000 awarding a construction contract to the Don Chapin Company, Inc. for the Bardin Road Safe Routes to School Improvements, CIP No. 9218. Following the contract's execution and the project's initiation, construction commenced on March 15, 2021. Per the project’s ATP grant application, the City committed to utilize the CCC where possible and if available. Staff is recommending the City of Salinas utilize the CCC to provide labor limited to the placement of the 5-gallon shrubs for final project planting.
BACKGROUND:
The Bardin Road Safe Routes to School project aims to transform Bardin Road into a multi-modal “complete street” corridor by improving pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular facilities along Bardin Road, between Williams Road and Sconberg Parkway. Additionally, the project will improve the existing intersections at Bardin Road/East Alisal Street and at Sconberg Parkway/Alisal Road by constructing a double roundabout system in this area. Moreover, the project adds buffered bicycle lanes along Bardin Road, between Williams Road and East Alisal Street, provides pedestrian ramps where none existed, and enhances crosswalks at key locations within the project limits. The pavement at Bardin Road will be rehabilitated and a segment at East Alisal Street (between Tampa Street and east of Margaret Street) will receive slurry seal as a pavement treatment. The safety for all road users (pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers) will improve by installing the above-mentioned improvements.
The project is approximately 75% complete with construction completion anticipated for September/October 2022. Remaining work includes final paving, striping, lighting, and landscaping.
City staff applied for funding from the Caltrans Active Transportation Program (ATP) – Cycle 2 in 2018. Through said grant application, the City committed to coordinating, where possible, with the California Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Community Conservation Corps to determine their participation for the project’s landscape improvements. As such, the California Conservation Corps (CCC), Monterey Bay Center, responded to the City’s request and have confirmed upon execution of an Agreement. The CCC are interested in performing the placement of the 5-gallon shrubs for the final landscaping. Prior to scheduling the CCC for work, a Sponsorship Agreement between CCC and the City of Salinas is required to be in place. CCC has estimated the labor limited to the placement of approximately 6,007 5-gallon shrubs to be $46,800.00. If the Agreement is executed and the planting work is completed by the CCC, the City will have fulfilled its commitment to utilize the CCC, where possible, per the project’s ATP grant application.
CEQA CONSIDERATION:
Statutory Exemptions. City of Salinas has determined that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines (Section 15301(c) “Existing facilities”, Class1) because the project proposes to repair, maintain, and alter existing facilities. Class 1 categorically exempts the repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing public facilities involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination. Section 15301(c) of the CEQA Guidelines states that the types of “existing facilities” include, but are not limited to, existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails and similar facilities.
Furthermore, as a result of the federal grant, the project required compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The State has determined that this project has no significant impacts on the environment as defined by the NEPA, and that there are no unusual circumstances as described in 23 CFR 771.117(b) and in 23 CFR 771.117(c): activity (c)(3).
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE:
The project supports City Council’s Goal of Infrastructure and Environmental Sustainability and Public Safety. These improvements will invest in facilities and infrastructure by enhancing pedestrian safety and increasing connectivity, mobility, and access for transit users and pedestrians, and improves the quality of life of its residents.
DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION:
Public Works staff and Finance staff have collaborated on the funding of the Bardin Road Safe Routes to School Improvements Project.
FISCAL AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT:
The total project funding for CIP 9218, Bardin Road Safe Routes to School Improvements, is as follows:
Based on the tabulation above, there is sufficient funding to cover this Agreement for $46,800 and a 10% contingency for a total amount of $51,480.
ATTACHMENTS:
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Sponsor Agreement between the City and California Conservation Corps (CCC) Page | 3
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