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CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Measure K Street Projects - Engineering Services
MEETING DATE: October 5, 1994
PREPARED BY: Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council concur with staff efforts to obtain outside
engineering services for two Measure K street projects: Lower
Sacramento Road widening and Highway 12 widening under Highway 99.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Two major street improvement projects in Lodi were included In the
San Joaquin County voter approved %$ sales tax for transportation
(Measure K). They are Lower Sacramento Road widening and
Highway 12 widening under Highway 99. The Public Works
Department wishes to pursue the use of outside engineering services to keep these projects on a
reasonable schedule. Each project has specific problems and timing issues that are discussed below.
Lower Sacramento Road
The Measure K Strategic Plan prepared by the Council of Governments (COG) calls for the
widening of Lower Sacramento Road between Kettleman Lane (Hwy. 12) and Turner Road in
1995/96. Preliminary engineering was to have started in 1994. This $2.6 million dollar project is
to be funded by Measure K funds and local street development impact fee program funds. The
City presently has $20,000 of impact fees appropriated for preliminary engineering. Other than
some minor work on possible lane widths and preliminary research, no work has been done.
This is primarily due to staff time limitations, but also due to concern that the street impact fee
fund will not have sufficient funding available to do the project anyway.
The COG recently offered to its members a project advancement and loan opportunity which
would solve the funding problem. However this does not solve the staff time problem. While
COG staff has offered to obtain engineering services for the project, we would prefer to do this
ourselves and retain more control over the project assuming the Council wishes to see the
project move ahead in a timely manner. Alternatives would be to defer our other maintenance
and capital projects and make this project a priority or to contract out other projects. Given
funding constraints and the need for the other projects and the size of this project, these
alternatives are not recommended.
If Council concurs, our plan is to issue a request for proposals and return to the Council for
approval of the recommended proposal and engineering services contract and a Measure K
agreement.
APPROVED
THOMAS A. PETERSON
Ctty Manager
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Highway 12 at 99
This $6 million dollar project will include the widening of Kettleman Lane (Highway 12) under the
Highway 99 ovenxossing to four through lanes plus tum lanes. The project may involve the
adjacent ramps and replacement of the ovenxossing. The Strategic Plan call for construction in
2000, however due to the long lead time for State Highway projects (over seven years if State
funding is expected), is is important to start early. The first step in a project of this type is to
prepare a "Project Study Report (PSR) per State guidelines. This report would include more
detailed engineering work and cost estimates.
The project is largely funded with local development impact mitigation fees and is the largest
project in Loci's program. Thus an accurate cost estimate is important to the program and the
amount of the street fee. Over the past two years City staff has worked informally with Caltrans
staff as we were under the impression that Caltrans was wilting to proceed on the PSR. (City
staff does not have the technical expertise to do the PSR.) We have now learned that with their
focus on seismic retrofit projects, they will not be doing the PSR this year and cannot commit to
when they might do the project.
Staff has discussed this matter with COG staff and their Measure K consultant, Will Kempton
who has extensive experience with this type of project and Caltrans involvement. Their feeling,
with which we concur, is that there are enough advantages to our proceeding with the PSR
using Measure K and local impact fee funds that we should do so. We will have better control
over the scope and timing of the PSR and there is a good possibility that if we obtain some state
funding at a later date, we can get "credit" for the cost of this work The cost of the PSR will be
In the $125,000 range and would be solit between the City impact fee fund and Measure K. We
have sufficient impact fee funds appropriated in the Capital Budget.
If Council concurs, our plan is to work the COG staff on a request for proposals and a Measure
K agreement They are willing to be the lead agency who would administer the engineering
services and the agreement would come back to the Council for approval.
FUNDING: Measure K and Street Development Impact Mitigation Fee Program
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Jack L. Ronsko
Public Works Director
Prepared by Richard C. Prima, Jr., City Engineer
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