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Department of Transportation recommending the Board take the following actions related to the Oflyng Water Quality Project (located along Oflyng Drive) - Phase 2, Project number 36107016, Contract number 9322:
1) Retroactively approve and authorize the Board Chair to execute Contract Change Order 2 with Parsons Walls in the amount of $64,296.95 (4/5 vote required); and
2) Find that an exception to the competitive bidding requirement exists for Contract Change Order 2, as competitive bidding would have been impractical for the work required.
(District 5)
FUNDING: United States Forest Service (82%), Conservancy Funds (1%), State Water Resource Control Board (4%), and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency/Water Quality (13%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Oflyng Water Quality Project - Phase 2 (Project) is located within an existing residential development located in the unincorporated area of South Lake Tahoe. The site lies 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 replaces failed gunite walls from the 1950s with new rockery walls. The Project is part of an ongoing effort to retrofit County rights-of-way within the Lake Tahoe Basin with 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.
On April 8, 2025 (Legistar 25-0563, Item 14), the Board approved contract 9322 for the Oflyng Water Quality Project - Phase 2 (Project). Construction was completed on June 26, 2025, and Board acceptance is planned for a future date.
Pursuant to Board Resolution 102-2012, the maximum authority delegated to the Director of Transportation for approval of a single contract change order (CCO) on this Project is $20,372.34. Also, pursuant to Board Resolution 102-2012, the cumulative value of all CCOs on this Project mus...
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