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People Serving People Riverside CITY OF RIVERSIDE CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: March 23, 2004 ITEM NO: 12 SUBJECT: BID NO. 6087 - TYLER STREET WIDENING BETWEEN WELLS AVENUE AND MANDALAY COURT~ SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION~ FUND TRANSFER AND CONTRACT AWARD BACKGROUND: This project will provide for the construction of street improvements on Tyler Street between Wells Avenue and Mandalay Court. The project includes: 1. Widening Tyler Street to provide one lane and a parking lane in each direction and a continuous two-way left turn lane. 2. Constructing concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks. 3. Constructing a storm drain in Wells Avenue from Tyler Street to Jones Avenue. 4. Constructing missing sewer laterals. 5. Constructing landscaped medians and new traffic signals a t t he intersections o f Tyler Street with Gramercy Place, Campbell Avenue, and Keller Avenue. 6. Rehabilitating and/or reconstructing the existing asphalt pavement within the project limits. 7. The undergrounding of the existing overhead power, telephone and cable television lines. Construction of the overall project is expected to take approximately 19 months. Construction of the street improvements and utility undergrounding will be sequenced to minimize impacts to adjoining residents and businesses. Utility undergrounding along Tyler Street will be phased and will occur in the following sequence: Eureka Street to Cypress Avenue, Cypress Avenue to Campbell Avenue, and Campbell Avenue to Wells Avenue. Each phase of the undergrounding will be completed prior to beginning work on the next phase. Construction of the street improvements will commence following the completion of each phase of utility undergrounding. Five bids were received for this project on January 28, 2004 (see attached list). The Iow bid of $6,389,938.85 was submitted by Shawnan and is 0.7% over the Engineer's estimate. 12-1