TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steve Lederer - Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: German Sierra - Engineering Technician
SUBJECT: County Road Striping Maintenance Project, RDS 22-02 - Award of Contract
RECOMMENDATION
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Director of Public Works requests award of a construction contract for the County Road Striping Maintenance Project, RDS 22-02 to Traffic Limited of Lodi, California for their low base bid of $209,911, and authorization for the Chair to sign the construction contract.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The annual County Road Striping Project provides for striping of various roads to enhance public safety on the County wide road network. Construction bids have been received and it is now necessary for the Board to approve award of a construction contract to move the project into the construction phase. The project covers 47 segments on 21 County roads.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
Yes |
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Is it currently budgeted? |
Yes |
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Where is it budgeted? |
Revenue for this project is from SB-1 funding, Fund2040, Org 2040500, Project 22043 (SB-1 Annual Roads Striping Project). A. Budget Transfer was approved on June 21, 2022 to fund the project through construction. |
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Is it Mandatory or Discretionary? |
Discretionary |
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Discretionary Justification: |
Approval of the construction award is necessary to move the project forward toward construction to improve public safety. |
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Is the general fund affected? |
No |
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Future fiscal impact: |
This is an annual project and future fiscal impact will be routine maintenance |
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Consequences if not approved: |
If not approved, annual striping repair of County roads cannot begin, the striping will continue to fade resulting in potential road safety hazards on various roads throughout the county. |
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County Strategic Plan pillar addressed: |
Livable Economy for All |
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Additional Information |
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: Categorical Exemption Class 1: It has been determined that this type of project does not have a significand effect on the environment and is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. [See Class 1 (Existing Facilities”) which may be found in the guidelines for the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act at 14 CCR 15301; see also Napa County’s Local Procedures for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act, Appendix B.]
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Public Works Department maintains 420 miles of roads of which the County classifies 38 miles as arterial, 109 miles as collector, 259 miles as local, and 8 miles as gravel. Most arterials and collectors have centerline striping and sometimes have edge line or bike line striping. Most local roads only have stop markings at intersections.
Public Works staff have recently established an annual road striping maintenance program to refresh striping
that has faded due to a combination of weather and normal traffic wear. Each year the roads are evaluated and
a priority list is made to refresh those roads that are in the most need of striping to maintain public safety.
Currently, Public Work staff is applying a water based paint due to its affordability which allows more roads to
be restriped. When the majority of the roads striping is in good conditions, Public Works staff will begin to use
thermoplastic striping material which will last longer than paint and has improved visibility at night, but has a
higher cost so less roads can be restriped per year. The striping on the attached list will be completed as part of this project.
Separate from this agenda item, County staff applied for and received about $1,000,000 in funding from the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) to apply thermoplastic paint to an additional 50 roads. In August staff will bring to the Board a separate project to conduct that striping work.
On June 21, 2022, the Board approved advertisement of plans and specifications and budget transfer for the project. On July 14, 2022 the attached bids were received and opened.
The lowest responsive base bid is from Traffic Limited of Lodi, California. Traffic Limited is not a local vendor, however, the Public Contract Code requires that the construction contract be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder regardless of whether the low bidder is local or not. Staff reached out to the local construction contractor community by advertising the request for bids in the Napa Valley Register and the Solano-Napa Builder’s Exchange, and by posting on the County website. Staff also sent “Notice to Contractors” to the local construction community. Once the Construction contract is awarded, County Staff will contact the Napa County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and require the successful contractor to contact the WIB and let the WIB know if its hiring needs.
Attachments:
List of Roads
Project Budget