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File #: 23-2523    Version: 1 Name:
Type: CONSENT AGENDA Status: Approved
File created: 9/22/2023 In control: Department of Public Works
On agenda: 10/25/2023 Final action:
Title: Authorize an increase in the emergency construction services contract with Camino Construction, L.P. to add funding for the extra work to stabilize the slope next to the pavement at the 1300 block of North Cockrell Hill Road from Davis Street to Pinnacle Point Drive - Not to exceed $576,128.50, from $1,225,088.00 to $1,801,216.50 - Financing: Street and Alley Improvement Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
Indexes: 3, 6
Attachments: 1. Map, 2. Resolution
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STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: October 25, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 3, 6
DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
EXECUTIVE: Dr. Robert Perez
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SUBJECT

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Authorize an increase in the emergency construction services contract with Camino Construction, L.P. to add funding for the extra work to stabilize the slope next to the pavement at the 1300 block of North Cockrell Hill Road from Davis Street to Pinnacle Point Drive - Not to exceed $576,128.50, from $1,225,088.00 to $1,801,216.50 - Financing: Street and Alley Improvement Fund (subject to annual appropriations)

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BACKGROUND

On November 9, 2022, the City Council authorized the ratification of a resolution for the construction services contract for an emergency contract to repair the pavement and its supporting sloped embankment of the 1300 block of North Cockrell Hill Road by Resolution No. 22-1674.

On July 6, 2023, Administrative Action No. 23-0749 authorized Change Order No. 1 to the construction services contract with Camino Construction, L.P. to excavate two test pits on the slopes next to the pavement, in an amount not to exceed $14,000.00, from $1,211,088.00 to $1,225,088.00.

During the construction and soon after the failed embankment slope was repaired, it began failing. City staff subsequently engaged the services of WJE, Inc., a professional engineering firm, to perform a geotechnical investigation and devise a workable repair strategy. WJE, Inc.'s recommendation included a shear key wall consisting of grouted and ungrouted stones embedded in the ground with dimensions of 6 feet wide by 20 feet deep by 400 feet long near the toe of the newly-repaired slope embankment to stabilize the slope and protect the new constructed pavement.

This action will authorize an increase in the emergency construction services contract with Camino Construction, L.P. to add funding for the extra work to stabil...

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