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Council approves H/I/J Street water-main rehab (CIP 485) and budget augmentation to accept bid alternates
Summary
Council approved CIP 485 to rehabilitate water distribution on H, I and J Streets (First to Sixth) and accepted Flow Line Contractors Inc. as the lowest responsible bidder, plus a budget augmentation to capture favorable pricing for bid alternates; council discussed contingency, PG&E coordination, and pavement restoration tradeoffs.
The council approved a major downtown water distribution rehabilitation project (CIP 485) covering H, I and J Streets from First to Sixth streets and voted to accept the lowest responsible bidder and add bid alternates using available favorable pricing.
Engineering Manager Araceli Casares said the low bid was submitted by Flow Line Contractors Inc., and staff recommended awarding the base contract plus alternates because pricing was favorable. The work will include pipeline rehabilitation and slurry sealing on designated streets; staff requested a budget augmentation to fund the alternates and an amendment for construction management and design-support services.
Council members asked about contingency levels given historic unknowns in older parts of town; staff said more field research had been done for this project, and PG&E had lowered shallow gas mains in advance, reducing some unknowns. The project is part of a longer 10-year program to replace aging mains; staff said roughly 11—612 miles of pipeline in the system were installed prior to 1960.
Council approved the resolution (recorded roll-call yes votes) to award the work and proceed with the budget augmentation. Staff said they will require standard testing (CCTV inspection, pressure tests, potholing) and will coordinate post-construction roadway restoration, although limited funds mean not all trenches will receive full-depth repaving immediately.
Next steps: construction management, coordination with PG&E and phased construction; staff noted potential future discussions of a local roads funding measure to expand repaving capacity.
