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7. ~A 2- Several changes were necessary during the design process, resulting in this Task Order. At the 65% review, the project was presented to several Homeowner Associations in Redwood Shores. Mr. Michael Gibson of the Redwood Shores Owners Association was also contacted for design input. At that time, the Pelican Cove Homeowners Association's president spoke against the project scope, specifically at the intersection of Marine Parkway and Bridge Parkway (adjacent to their development). The Association claims that the widening will take some of the public right-of-way and degrade the landscaping in front of their development. The association was also in opposition to a wider street crossing on Marine Parkway. Staff directed the Consultant to reanalyze traffic operations to reevaluate the scope of work. With the analysis result in hand, the scope was revised to lengthen the westbound left-turn pocket on Marine Parkway onto Bridge Parkway in-lieu-of an additional turn lane. Along with that change, it was also decided that an eastbound through-lane on Marine Parkway would be converted into a left-turn lane (into Westport). These two changes effectively eliminated the need to widen the roadway, which would be the most costly item, not to mention the many trees that would have to be removed. This change was not in the Consultant's original scope of work, but Consultant time originally allocated for construction support was used to complete this task in order to not delay the design effort. Subsequently, at the 95% review, it was decided that improvements at the intersection of Marine Parkway and Oracle East also be enveloped into this project. The objective was to gain economies of scale. Improvements at this location are part of the Oracle Development Agreement and GID 1-64 Facility Fees. Therefore, Oracle funded this design effort directly, thereby not affecting the agreement between the City and the Consultant. At this stage, the only remaining intersection that is scoped to have roadway widening is Redwood Shores Parkway and Bridge Parkway. This widening was to accommodate an additional left-turn lane (eastbound) onto Bridge Parkway. During the finalization of the Contract Documents, several residents of the Redwood Shores area spoke up against additional traffic being on Bridge Parkway. Several meetings were held and Mr. James Daisa of Fehr and Peers Associates (a traffic consultant who is very familiar with issues in the Redwood Shores area), was retained to study the situation. Along with that study, new traffic counts were made. The study and the new counts revealed that the volumes that were anticipated in 1996-1998 were not materializing as anticipated. This may be a result of the flexible office hours of the newer high technology companies located in the Westport development. These companies also tend to lease more space than they currently need in anticipation of dynamic growth. Therefore, Westport may be 100% leased, but may not be fully occupied. With all these considerations taken into account, a traffic operation analysis was performed, and yet another change in scope is proposed. The additional left-turn lane from eastbound Redwood Shores Parkway to Bridge Parkway will be eliminated in-lieu-of lengthening the turn pocket. Staff is issuing an addendum to all existing plan holders to delay the bid opening from August 30, 2000 to October 18, 2000. This Task Order will account for both the 65%