TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: John Morgan, Director, Environmental Service Department
THROUGH: Chief Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: March 30, 2017
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CHANGE ORDER NO.1 WITH FOSTER MARINE CONTRACTORS, INC. FOR THE SE 2ND STREET AND SE 2ND AVENUE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $252,643.50 (DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDER)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve Change Order No. 1 with Foster Marine Contractors, Inc. for the SE 2nd Street and SE 2nd Avenue Streetscape Improvements Project in the amount of $252,643.50 (Deductive Change Order).
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Background:
On January 10, 2017, City Commission awarded and Agreement (Bid 2017-011) to Foster Marine Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $1,664,396 to construct the SE 2nd Street and SE 2nd Avenue Streetscape Improvements Project (Project No. 2013-020). This Project included an Alternative Bid item for the construction of an east-west alley. The Alternative Bid amount by Foster Marine was $267,643.50.
Residents and business owners in the neighborhood requested that the City Commission remove the east-west alley and staff was directed to remove the alley from the Project. The proposed Change Order will implement the Commission's decision and remove the alley from the project. The change order also addresses the addition of 100 linear feet of sidewalk and swale construction the project scope in an additional amount of $15,000.00. The removal of the alley is a deductive change order in the amount of $267,643.50 and while the construction of the additional sidewalk and swale in an additive change order in the amount of $15,000.00. This will result in an overall deductive change order in the amount of $252,643. 50.
This project is located along SE 2nd Street from S. Swinton Avenue to SE 3rd Avenue and along SE 2nd Avenue from SE 3rd Street to SE 2nd Street. The project limits also include the north-south alleyway immediately east of SE 2nd Avenue from SE 4th Street to the subject parking lot. The existing roads are generally two lanes wide with on-street parking and sidewalks for most of the area. Stormwater runoff from the roadways will be collected in a system of inlets and catch basins. The project will generally include:
• streetscape improvements;
• new paving;
• curbing;
• drainage;
• landscaping;
• irrigation;
• a permeable paver parking lot;
• street lighting; and
• signage and pavement marking
This recommendation complies with the City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 36, Section 36.06(A)(1), "Beyond the Scope of Work".
City Attorney Review:
Approved as to form and legal sufficiency.
Finance Department Review:
Finance recommends approval.
Funding Source:
No funding is required. This is a deductive change order.
Timing of Request:
Approval of this change order is a priority as the project is ready to begin construction.