TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Lederer, Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: Estrella Munoz, Junior Engineer
SUBJECT: Approval of Plans and Specifications and Authorization to Advertise for Bids for the "Deer Park Region Paving Project," RDS 25-02
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve the Plans and Specifications for the "Deer Park Region Paving Project," PW 25-02; and authorize advertisement of sealed bids and opening of the bids at a time, date, and location to be published by the Director of Public Works pursuant to Section 20150.8 of the Public Contract Code. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
Roads planned for rehabilitation are selected based on their existing Pavement Condition Index (PCI), which is an overall measure of the condition of the road surface developed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and later standardized by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). The PCI shows a numerical index ranging from 0 to 100, with 100 being the best roadway condition that is anticipated to support 20 years of use.
Public Works uses the PCI information to develop a 5-year plan which optimizes the use of available funds to assist in prioritizing road resurfacing projects. This is not an analysis that selects repairs based on "worst first." Instead, it is based on repairs that provide the greatest efficiency per dollar spent. In many cases spending smaller amounts of money on maintenance towards roads that aren't in bad shape can be much more effectively spent than a larger funding amount towards a road that has already failed.
The roads to be included in the project are as follows:
Deer Park Road (4.07 miles) (PCI 51)
Sanitarium Road (1.75 miles) (PCI 41)
Glass Mountain Crossroad (0.11 miles) (PCI 52)
White Cottage Road (3.83 miles) (PCI 28)
College Avenue (0.82 miles) (PCI 43)
On June 25, 2024, the Board approved project creation of the Deer Park Region and West Zinfandel paving project which included rehabilitation of the following ro...
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