City Council
MEETING DATE: 9/11/2018
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Participation with the City of Palm Springs to Design and Construct the Vista Chino Bridge Project
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FROM:
John Corella, City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is provided for information, discussion and direction only.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2010, the City of Palm Springs (CPS) received approval of a Highway Bridge Program (HBP) Grant for the design and construction of a bridge on Vista Chino over the Whitewater River. CPS hired a consultant design team to complete the environmental and preliminary design phases of the project. The bridge is estimated to cost $93 Million.
DISCUSSION:
The design team completed the preliminary design phase of the Project including the necessary environmental studies in 2017. CPS currently has the same design team under contract to prepare the final construction documents for the bridge Project and has requested Cathedral City participation in monthly Project Development Team meetings. Only the extreme east end of the bridge will be in Cathedral City. However, the Project will impact the Desert Princess development, single family homes on the north side of Vista Chino and will have the potential to increase traffic between Date Palm Drive and the Whitewater River.
Because Palm Springs unilaterally applied for the HBP grant, City Staff was not informed about the Project until after the design team had been selected and was under contract. Additionally, the Project is not a part of the Cathedral City five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and no funds have been budgeted for Cathedral City participation in the Project.
In July, CPS erroneously invoiced Cathedral City for services on the Vista Chino Bridge Project. Because there is no agreement for Cathedral City participation in the project, CPS was informed that the invoice could not be processed. A formal request for Cathedral City to participate financially is expected from CPS in the near f...
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