File #: 22-1147    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 6/17/2022 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 7/26/2022 Final action: 7/26/2022
Title: Department of Transportation recommending the Board take the following actions pertaining to the Oflyng Water Quality Project, Capital Improvement Program project number 95177/36107016, Contract 3692: 1) Approve and authorize the Director of Transportation to sign a Modification to the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Domestic Grant 20-PA-11051900-011, which will increase the current grant funding by the amount of $500,000; from $900,000 to $1,400,000; 2) Authorize an increase in the estimated total project cost from $1,197,000 to $1,697,000; 3) Award the Construction Contract to North Star Construction, Inc., the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, subject to approval of the United States Forest Service Grant funding modification; 4) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Construction Contract, subject to review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and 5) Authorize the Director of Transportation to sign an Escrow Agreement, if requested ...
Attachments: 1. A - Counsel Approval, 2. B - Agreement Modification, 3. B - Revised Agreement Modification (partially executed), 4. C - Bid Summary, 5. Executed Contract 3692
Related files: 22-0227, 18-1761, 20-0614, 23-1336, 23-0804
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Department of Transportation recommending the Board take the following actions pertaining to the Oflyng Water Quality Project, Capital Improvement Program project number 95177/36107016, Contract 3692:
1) Approve and authorize the Director of Transportation to sign a Modification to the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Domestic Grant 20-PA-11051900-011, which will increase the current grant funding by the amount of $500,000; from $900,000 to $1,400,000;
2) Authorize an increase in the estimated total project cost from $1,197,000 to $1,697,000;
3) Award the Construction Contract to North Star Construction, Inc., the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, subject to approval of the United States Forest Service Grant funding modification;
4) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Construction Contract, subject to review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
5) Authorize the Director of Transportation to sign an Escrow Agreement, if requested by the Contractor and in accordance with Public Contract Code Section 22300, for the purpose of holding Contract retention funds.

FUNDING: USFS (83% - Federal), State Water Resource Control Board (5% - State), and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency - Water Quality Mitigation (12% - Local).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Oflyng Water Quality Project (Project) site is within an existing residential development located in the unincorporated area of South Lake Tahoe, east of U.S. Highway 50/State Route 89, north of Pioneer Trail, west of Elks Club Drive, and south of Skyline Drive. The Project is part of an ongoing effort to retrofit County rights-of-way within the Lake Tahoe Basin with drainage improvements that will reduce the amount of sediment that reaches Lake Tahoe. The Project will help to meet goals identified in the El Dorado County Stormwater Resource Plan and the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program.

Transportation recommends the following:

Approve and aut...

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