Oxnard staff recommend $2.77 million for Beautification and Cleanup Project, cite low bid from CS Legacy Construction

Public Works staff recommended that the Oxnard City Council approve $2,765,624.79 in project funds and authorize the mayor to execute a construction agreement with CS Legacy Construction Inc. for the Oxnard Beautification and Cleanup Project (specification PW2462). The staff presentation identified CS Legacy Construction Inc. as the apparent low bidder at $2,506,996.79 and proposed a project contingency and related budget actions.

The recommendation, presented by a Public Works staff member, asked the council to: approve a total of $2,765,624.79 in project funds; authorize the mayor to execute an agreement with CS Legacy Construction Inc. in the amount of $2,506,996.79 and approve a project contingency amount of $129,314 for a not-to-exceed value of $2,636,296.79; allocate $129,314 as a project allocation; authorize up to $1,600,000 in a budget appropriation and transfer into capital outlay fund 301; approve $1,074,578 in fiscal year 2024–25 project budget appropriations consisting of $870,000 of available fund balance from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Fund 320 and $204,578 from the tax allocation bond/project area fund…