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Counc~l Meet~ng: October 1, 1985 Banta Mon~ca, Cal~forn~a
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OCT 1 1985
TO: Mayor and CIty CouncIl
FROM: CIty Staff
SUBJECT: RecommendatIon to ReJect Bid for ConstructIon of Fourth
Street MedIan
IntroductIon
ThIS report requests that the CIty CouncIl reJect the one bId
rece1ved for the constructIon of tne Fourth Street MedIan and
author1ze tne City Manager to readvert1se the proJect.
Background
In July 1983, the CIty CouncIl Instructed CIty staff to
reconflgure 4th Street between PICa Boulevard and HIll Street
from two lanes 1n each dlrect10n to one lane In each dIrection
with a pa1nted, center med1an strip for parkIng. Funds were
approprIated In FY 1983-84 and carrIed over untIl the proJect was
approved bj the Coastal CommIssion. Af~er a one-year
experImental perlod, the Coastal CommISSIon approved the
permanent constructIon of d ral.sed, landscaped medlan on Aprll
10, 1985.
A NotIce InVItIng Blds was publlsned on June 24 and June 25,
1985, In the EvenIng Outlook and In fIve construct1On Journals.
The NotIce was also sent to four minorIty bUSIness assoc1atlons.
Plans and speclficatlons were Issued to slxteen contractors.
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Counc1.1 Meetlng: October 1, 1985 Santa Monlca, Cal1forn1.a
B~ds were opened and read publICly on July 22, 1985, by the
Deputy City Clerk.
One bid was received as follows:
Tom Downey Contractor Inc. $200,000
CIty EngIneer's EstImate: $171,000
rhe only bid recelved was $29,000 over the amount budgeted
fOJ: tne proJect. 'rhe st:aff contacted the other contractors who
plcked up plans and speciflcations to ~nqulre why they did not
submlt a bld. It was determ~ned that there w~11 be addltlonal
interest ~f the proJect is rebld and minor modifIcatIons are made
to the plans and specs. Many of the contractors were too busy at
thIS t1me to bld on the proJect but wll1 be free to bld at a
later date. Also, certaln trees were specified ln the bId
speclflcat10ns that are very dIffIcult to Otlta1n locally. At
least one contractor stated that thIS fact precluded subm1ttIng a
b1d. If the proJect 15 rebId a more common (and lower cost) tree
WIll be speclfled.
BudgetjFlnanclal Analysls
Funds In the amount of $171,014.43 are ava1lable 1n Account
No. 01-770-416-000-916.
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Councll Meet~ng: October 1, 1985 Santa Mon~ca, Callfornla
Recommendatlon
It ~s recommended that toe Clty Counc~l reject the bld
!:'ece~ved for the construction of the Fourth Street Med~an and
authorlze the Clty Manager to readve!:'tlse the proJect.
Prepared: Stan Scholl, Dlrector of General ServIces
R.D. BrItton, CIVIl EngIneer
Jean Stanley, AdminIstratIve Analyst
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