City Council
MEETING DATE: 3/23/2016
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Phase Two of the City's Pavement Management Program (PMP)
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council approve a cooperative purchase order with PetroChem MateriaIs Inc. (PMI) to supply and apply Rumberized Emulsion Aggregate Slurry (REAS) to designated streets for the first part of the Second Phase of the PMP and include traffic control and striping in the amount of $414,900 and authorize the City Manager (or designee) to execute the required contract documents; and approve a fifteen percent (15%) contingency in the amount of $62,235 dollars for unforeseeable construction costs; and approve $7,000 for staff labor to perform project management, inspection and materials testing; and authorize the City Engineer to request insurance for this project and issue a Notice of Proceed; thus making the first part of the second phase of the 2015/2016 PMP expenditure $484,135.
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BACKGROUND:
On October 2015, the City Council approved the first phase of the Cathedral City Pavement Management Program (PMP). The PMP is an ongoing preventative street maintenance program intended to revitalize and prolong the life of the City's streets by either reconstruction or applying a specified form of asphalt slurry on each public street within the City, until all streets are renewed. Once all streets have received attention the cycle will start again.
The REAS paving system was chosen for the durability, quality of the emulsion and the costs. PMI has secured the City of Los Angeles's REAS paving contract as the most qualified low bidder. In accordance with the past City Council approved cooperative purchasing authorization, the City is able to secure equal prices for material and application as given to the City of Los Angeles on a per unit basis. This cooperative purchasing provides Cathedral City with significant savings for implementing this...
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