06-27-16 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Budget Agenda Date Requested: June 27, 2016 Source of Funds:Fund 033 Requested By: Sharon Valiante Account Number: 033-9892-927 Department: Public Works Amount Budgeted:$150,000 Report: X Resolution: Ordinance: Amount Requested:$100,136 Exhibits: 2Bid Tabulation Budgeted Item:YES_X_ NO___ Exhibits: 3 Access Report Sealed Bid 16016 Exhibits: 4 2016 Sidewalk Location Map Exhibits 5 El Dorado Services, Inc. Bid Form Exhibits 6FY16 Identified Sidewalk Repair List SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION the public ramp/sidewalk program is now being administered by the Public Works Department. The Department now manages and maintains 116 miles (612,480 LF) of public sidewalk throughout the City. To manage and maintain the public ramp/sidewalk infrastructure, it is important to know the condition and what constitutes a repair. In October 1994, the City of La Porte developed a Sidewalk Repair Program that established repair (in some cases of differential settlement, the slabs can be raised using a pressurized grout mix) and/or replacement criteria differential settlement of greater than 1 inch, severely broken, cracked slabs in more than 3 (three) places, and deflected slabs that have been displaced by manholes, valve boxes or other utilities. In March 2012, the Federal Government in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) issued a mandate that requires all new and/or repair to ramps be done in a manner that meets the current standards. To determine which ramp and sidewalk locations meetthe C criteria, staff began a sidewalk condition survey May 2016. The survey is approximately 90% complete with the following observed: 1.Sidewalk inventory: 2,204,928 SF 2.Sidewalk meeting repair/replacement criteria: 26,508 SF 3.Sidewalk meeting repair criteria and eligible for removal and replacement: 26,508 SF 4.Sidewalk meeting repair criteria and are eligible for raising with pressurized grout: 8,384 SF 5.Sidewalk missing that can be constructed as infill: 4,460 SF 6.Ramps identified not meeting ADA Requirements: 175 ramps 7.Ramp locations identified but not installed/constructed: 50 ramps Therefore, to m ramp and sidewalk infrastructure, staff updated the sidewalk and ramp drawings and specifications for compliance with the ADA guidelines, and worked with Purchasing to prepare a solicitation for bid #16016 for Sidewalk Repair. The scope of the solicitation for bid includes the removal and replacement of sidewalk meeting the repair/replacement criteria, the construction of sidewalk, and the removal/replacement and/or construction of ramp sections not meeting the current updated