Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ann M. Stillman, Director of Public Works
Subject: Bunker Hill Drive and Avenue Alhambra Safe Routes to Schools Pedestrian Improvements Project [County Project No. RW812; County Project File No. E5049]
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Adopting plans and specifications, including conformance with prevailing wage scale requirements for the Bunker Hill Drive and Avenue Alhambra Safe Routes to Schools Pedestrian Improvements Project - San Mateo Highlands and El Granada areas; and
B) Authorizing the Director of Public Works to call for sealed proposals to be received by Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., in the office of the County Executive/Clerk of the Board of Supervisors; and
C) Authorizing the Director of Public Works to extend the call for bids and bid opening up to sixty (60) calendar days beyond the time and date originally set forth by the Board of Supervisors.
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BACKGROUND:
The Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) is a core federal-aid program to States for the purpose of achieving a significant reduction in fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Local Assistance manages California's local agency share of HSIP funds. California's Local HSIP focuses on infrastructure projects with nationally recognized crash reduction factors (CRFs). Local HSIP projects must be identified on the basis of crash experience, crash potential, crash rate, or other data-supported means.
The County of San Mateo applied for and was awarded HSIP Cycle 10 funding in the amount of $246,500 ($37,000 for the design phase and $209,500 for the construction phase) for a Safe Routes to Schools project.
The Bunker Hill Drive and Avenue Alhambra Safe Routes to Schools Pedestrian Improvements Project (Project) includes work on Bunker Hill Drive in the San Mateo H...
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