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REPORT <br /> To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From the City Manager <br /> August 14, 2000 <br /> Subject <br /> Cost Sharing Agreement with the City of Belmont for Consulting Engineering Services <br /> associated with the Marine Parkway/Ralston Avenue Interchange Reconfiguration <br /> Project - Engineering File No. 1604-03 <br /> Recommendation <br /> 1. Approve, by motion, an additional $67,500 ($33,750/each City) to be added to a <br /> previously approved cost sharing agreement with the City of Belmont. <br /> 2. Adopt a resolution approving and authorizing execution of an additional agreement <br /> with the City of Belmont, also to share the cost of retaining a Professional <br /> Transportation Planning and Consultant Engineer, for the preparation of <br /> Construction Contract Documents associated with the Marine Parkway/Ralston <br /> Avenue Interchange Reconfiguration Project, in an amount not to exceed <br /> $1,478,000 ($739,000/each City). <br /> Background <br /> On March 22, 1999, by Resolution No. 13581, the City of Redwood City and the City of <br /> Belmont entered into an agreement, sharing the cost for the preparation of a Project <br /> Study Report (PSR) and a Project Report (PR). These finro reports are Caltrans' <br /> prerequisite to the final design and preparation of Construction Contract Documents. <br /> Both the PSR and PR are purely internal documents for Caltrans. Although this project <br /> is not funded by Caltrans, it is situated on Caltrans right-of-way and the review <br /> procedure still has to adhere to normal Caltrans routines. The documents identify the <br /> project and present different alternatives for Caltrans evaluation. Because all Caltrans <br /> projects compete for funding, this type of evaluation is within the operating procedures <br /> of their organization. The PSR got approval from Caltrans on December 21, 1999. This <br /> approval was gained only after a lengthy debate on how the interchange will operate in <br /> order to minimize back-up onto the freeway. This process also flushed out the issue <br /> that Caltrans has regarding the direct access connection, which is considered a local <br /> street, "encroaching" into Caltrans' facility (right-of-way). Many discussions were held <br /> to address the value enhancement of the private property issue. Appraisal had to be <br /> made by the City of Belmont, to show that the value enhancement of private property <br /> does not exceed the value of the improvements proposed. <br /> _ .. ___ � <br />