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AGENDA TITLE: Approve Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids for Extruded
Thermoplastic Lane Line Marking for Various City Streets for Fiscal Year 2012/13
MEETING DATE: April 18, 2012
PREPARED BY: PublicWorks Director
RECOMMENDEDACTION: Approve specifications and authorize advertisement for bids for
extruded thermoplastic lane line marking for various City streets for
Fiscal Year 2012/13.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: This project will apply extruded thermoplastic product on
approximately 30 percent of all lane line marked City streets.
Extruded thermoplastic material has proven to be a superior product to sprayed thermoplastic. Although
extruded thermoplastic costs approximately 12 percent more than sprayed thermoplastic, it is expected to
last 67 percent longer (five years vs. three years).
A recap of the types of lane line markings and quantities for this contract is shown below:
LANE LINE TYPE
MILES
4 Broken White
7.82
4" Broken Yellow
3.21
6 Broken White
1.19
Double4" Yellow
8.72
4" Solid White
1.55
6" Solid White
6.27
8 Solid White
0.90
Continuous Left
3.72
Total Miles
33.38
Staff recommends Council approve specifications and authorize advertisement for bids for extruded
thermoplastic lane line marking on various City streets.
The specifications are on file in the Public Works Department. The planned bid opening date is May 9, 2012.
The project estimate is $80,000.
FISCAL IMPACT: The annual cost for traffic stripes will decrease by 33 percent using the
longer -life product.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Funding for this project will be s ecified at the time of contract award.
F. Wally 82indelin
PublicWorks Director
Prepared by Kathryn E. Garcia, Compliance Engineer
FWS/KMG/pmf
cc: Deputy PublicWorks Director— Utilities Compliance Engineer Street SupervisorWatson
APPROVED:
K;\WP\C01JNCIL\2012\Specs ThemlplasticTrafficStripes. doc konradt Bartlam, City Manager
04/04/2012