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Consent-Community Services # 27.
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| Board of Supervisors |
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| Subject |
| Approve completion of County Road 98 and County Road 29 Tree Mitigation & Habitat Restoration Contract, performed under Agreement No. 5555-2016-3011-Empire-Lands-3, by Empire Landscaping, Inc. (No general fund impact) (Echiburu/Flynn) |
| Recommended Action |
- Approve completion of the County Road 98 and County Road 29 Tree Mitigation & Habitat Restoration Contract, performed under Agreement No. 5555--2016-3011-Empire-Lands-3 by Empire Landscaping, Inc.; and
- Authorize the Director of Public Works to sign and record the Notice of Completion.
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| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Operational Excellence
Sustainable Environment
Flourishing Agriculture |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
Empire Landscaping, Inc. completed construction of the required tree mitigation and habitat restoration mitigation requirements of the County Road (CR) 98 Safety Improvement Project and the CR 29 Salt Creek Bridge Replacement Project on December 5, 2018, in accordance with the contract plans and specifications. The Board of Supervisors’ acceptance of the work will allow the Notice of Completion to be recorded and the projects to be formally closed out.
BACKGROUND
As a consequence of widening CR 98 (including two bridges) and replacing the CR 29 Bridge, giant garter snake (GGS) riparian habitat was disturbed and a total of 88 trees were removed. In order to mitigate for the temporary and permanent loss of habitat under the CR 98 Dry and Willow Slough Bridges, the County was required to plant and establish 261 native riparian plants at the bridge sites. This established 0.245 acres of GGS habitat. In order to mitigate for removed trees, the County was required to plant and establish 264 trees. The trees were planted near Cache Creek north-west of Woodland at the Granite Construction Company, Woodland-Reiff site. This location was chosen to enhance the proposed Swainson’s Hawk habitat at that site, which is anticipated to be dedicated to the County.
The Board of Supervisors adopted the plans and specifications for this project on August 5, 2014, and authorized the Department to advertise for bids and award the contract to the lowest responsive bid.
The first working day was August 10, 2015. All riparian plants and trees were planted during the Fall of 2015. Plant establishment for all planting areas, and GGS habitat restoration was completed December 5, 2016. Plant establishment for tree mitigation was completed December 5, 2018. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
Cache Creek Conservancy, Granite Construction Company, County Counsel, CAO, and Caltrans
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| Competitive Bid Process |
The project was publicly advertised on 05/01/2015.
The sealed bids received were publicly opened on 06/03/2015.
The contract was awarded to the low bidder, Empire Landscaping, Inc., by the Director of Public Works on 06/22/2015.
Bids Received
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Bid: |
| Empire Landscaping, Inc. |
$279,910.00 |
| Yolo County Resource Conservation District |
$281,231.82 |
| Clearwater Landscaping Services, Inc. |
$341,980.00 |
| Sierra View Landscaping |
$362,734.00 |
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
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The total cost of this contract is $273,240. With the completion of this contract, the County is ready to close out two federally funded projects.
The CR 29 Salt Creek Bridge Replacement project had a total project cost of approximately $1.74 million and is 100% federally funded with Federal Highway Bridge Funds.
The CR 98 Safety Improvement project had a total cost of approximately $13.67 million. This includes engineering, environmental, right of way, utility relocation, construction, construction engineering, and mitigation. It was funded with Federal Transportation Funds in the amount of $13.22 million. The County was able to leverage additional funds and reduce the cost to the County to only $450,000 or (3.3%) of required local matching funds. Normally the county would have been responsible for 11.47% ($1.52 million) of required local matching funds. |
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