TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Lederer, Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: Jonathan Delacruz, Assistant Engineer
SUBJECT: Approval of Plans and Specifications and Authorization to Advertise for Bids for the "2024 Road Striping Maintenance Project", RDS 24-03, and Change Name of Project 23031
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve the Plans and Specifications for the "2024 Road Striping Maintenance Project", RDS 24-11, authorization to advertise for 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 and approve the project name change. (No Fiscal Impact; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
The Public Works Department maintains approximately 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 of the arterial and collector roads have a centerline and some have edge lines or bike lane striping. Most local roads only have stop markings at intersections.
County staff 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. On December 13, 2022, the BOS authorized creation of the "2023 Road Striping Maintenance Project" and a budget transfer of $200,000. The funding source was from the SB-1 Non-Operating Special Revenue Fund (Fund 2440, Org 1220052) (SB-1 SRF). The "2023 Road Striping Maintenance Project" was deferred to 2024 to allow staff to prioritize the 2023 Storm Repair projects.
Currently, County staff utilizes water-based traffic paint due to its affordability which allows more roads to be re-striped. When the majority of the roads' striping is in good condition, staff will begin to use thermoplastic striping material...
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