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<br /> <br />REPORT <br /> <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br /> <br />September 18, 2000 <br /> <br />Subject <br />Approval of Additional Funding to the Service Agreement between the City of Redwood <br />City and the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (JPB) for the Rubberized Railroad <br />Crossing Project <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Approve a $61,414.10 increase in the Service Agreement with the jPB for the <br />Rubberized Railroad Crossing Project. <br /> <br />Background <br />Originally, there were 16 at-grade railroad crossings that were scheduled to be <br />designed and rebuilt with new prefabricated rubberized railroad panels in the Cities of <br />Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Mateo and Burlingame. Since Redwood City had the <br />most at-grade crossings to be rebuilt (six in all - Chestnut, Main, Maple, Broadway, <br />Brewster, and Whipple) we were chosen to be the lead agency for the project. <br /> <br />During the design stage, the JPB completed Menlo Park's two at-grade crossings <br />through a separate agreement, three other crossings were postponed, and Redwood <br />City agreed to have their at-grade crossings done by the JPB under their facility up- <br />grade project (Ponderosa Project). Since Redwood City was the lead agency for this <br />project, and secured the funding through the State (Caltrans), Redwood City remained <br />the lead agency to administer the construction of the remaining five at-grade crossings. <br /> <br />On September 21, 1998, City Council awarded a contract to Stacy Witbeck, Inc. of San <br />Francisco, California, to install at-grade crossing panels at Broadway, Howard Avenue, <br />and Oak Grove Avenue in Burlingame; 25th Avenue in San Mateo, and Peninsula <br />Avenue, which is in both Burlingame and San Mateo. After the contract was awarded, <br />the JPB revised their design standards, and concrete railroad panels were installed in <br />lieu of rubberized railroad panels. The project was completed, and City Council <br />accepted the project on June 26, 2000. <br /> <br />It was agreed to allow the JPB to provide construction management and inspection <br />services for this project, in addition to providing flagging costs and support from their <br />operator, AMTRAK. In October 1998, City Council approved a Service Agreement with <br />the JPB in an amount not to exceed $310,000 for construction management, <br /> <br />T <br /> <br />-, <br />