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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: June 21, 2013 ITEM NO: 7 SUBJECT: IVY STREET BRIDGE TEMPORARY BOOSTER STATION PROJECT FOR THE STATE ROUTE 91 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE PROJECT — REIMBURSEMENT BY RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION — WORK ORDER NO.1112059 ISSUE: The item for Board of Public Utilities consideration is approval of a change order in an amount not-to- exceed $97,500 for a total change order authority of $111,400, to extend the maintenance period of the Ivy Street Bridge Temporary Booster Station Project for the State Route 91 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Project. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities authorize staff to issue a change order in an amount not-to-exceed $97,500 to extend the maintenance period of the Ivy Street Bridge Temporary Booster Station Project for the State Route 91 High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Project, Bid No. 1033-12-03. BACKGROUND: The State Route 91 HOV Lane Widening Project is currently under construction, with the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) acting as the Construction Administrator and Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) providing funding for the utility relocations. As part of this project, the Ivy Street Bridge will be demolished and replaced resulting in severing a source of water to the 1200 Pressure Zone portion of Pachappa Hill. The Ivy Street Bridge Temporary Booster Station Project involved installing a temporary booster station to supply the 1200 Zone until the Ivy Street Bridge is rebuilt. On April 1, 2011 the Board of Public Utilities approved the reimbursable capital expenditure of $1,600,000 (Utility Agreement No. 21702) under Work Order No.1112059. On August 2, 2012, a contract for$341,777 was awarded to Genesis Construction via the Water Division Contractor's Panel to construct the Ivy Street Bridge Temporary Booster Station Project. The contract for Genesis, which includes required maintenance and repairs, was set to expire in September 2013, when the Ivy Street Bridge was supposed to be completed However, Caltrans has reported that the completion of the bridge will be delayed by approximately a year. In order to ensure that the supply of water for fire protection to the 1200 Pressure Zone continues, staff recommends increasing the originally approved project change order authority for Bid No.1033-12- 03 by $97,500 for a new total change order authority of$111,400. This $97,500 rental cost is an amount not-to-exceed rate of $6,500 per month until Caltrans completes the Ivy Street Bridge for a maximum of 15 months.