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Council approves targeted guardrail repairs, continues broader Hacienda Road safety items for more documentation
Summary
Council authorized replacement of damaged guardrail sections on Hacienda Road and budget amendments to complete the work, and continued a larger Highway Safety Improvement project (signal and guardrail design and construction-management adjustments) to the August meeting for additional cost documentation and review of utility/design approvals.
La Habra Heights councilors on July 28 authorized replacement of damaged guardrail sections at 1662 Hacienda Road and approved a budget amendment to cover both damaged sections with contingency, while reserving further action on the broader Hacienda Road safety program until staff returns with full documentation.
Staff said an additional collision had caused more damage to a previously authorized guardrail segment, bringing the total replacement cost above the city manager’s current signing authority. Council approved a budget amendment to increase the appropriate account by $28,000 and a 15% contingency to cover the full replacement of both sections and authorized the city manager to approve the purchase order and schedule the contractor.
On the related Highway Safety Improvement Project (traffic signal at Avocado/press and striping on Hacienda Road), staff described scope changes and a revised engineering fee of about $69,320 and an estimated remainder to complete design and put the project out to bid. The construction management firm NV5 requested an amendment to its construction management agreement for an additional $68,888 to carry the project to final completion and closeout; staff said the project has been complex because of multiple jurisdictions, utility coordination, and manufacturing lead-times.
Council members questioned whether utility reviews and design approvals (including a late-discovered pole-height issue) had been completed correctly and whether claims should be pursued against the designer or Southern California Edison if approvals were improper. Staff said the original plan had been routed to utilities and that documentation would be gathered. To allow time for a full accounting of project costs and a review of approvals, a motion to continue the larger project items to the regular August meeting passed. Council asked staff to provide: a completed and costed project summary, documentation of utility approvals (including any Edison approvals), and supporting invoices and time records for the construction management work.
The targeted guardrail repair will proceed; the broader highway-safety contract and change-order requests will return to the council with the requested backup.
