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6.10 Page 2 . Street Liahts-New street lights along both sides of Middlefield Road between Marshall and Broadway that match the black "On Broadway" street lights to provide continuity and connectivity to the core. . Pedestrian Accessibilitv-Improvements to accessibility ramps near Marshall Street. Additional street trees will be planted adjacent to the First American Title building to provide needed foliage along Middlefield Road. New traffic signal heads at Middlefield/Marshall and electrical upgrades to insure sufficient capacity for special events. Tom Richman was retained as a consultant to provide design services and construction documents. The original agreement dated October 9, 2006, was for $59,500. Amendment No.1 in the amount of $13,500 for electrical engineering services was approved on December 4, 2006. The original agreement included construction support services in the amount of $9,500. In the process of reviewing and finalizing the bid documents, the scope of the project was revised. Items of work were both added and deleted. Revision was also required when underground utilities were discovered. The resulting revisions to the construction documents required additional services by Tom Richman, Inc. in the amount of $8,000. In the effort to ready the project documents for bidding, Tom Richman was directed to use $8,000 of the approved budget for construction support to make revisions to the construction documents. Approval of the proposed Amendment No.2 backfills the budget for construction support which was part of the original agreemenfs scope of work. The 2 bids received at the bid opening on July 18, 2007 are summarized below. Bidder Bid Amount $318,500.00 $367,674.50 Architect's Estimate (including 10% contingency) Recommended Bidder: Tennyson Electric, Inc. Substantiation: Tennyson ElectriC, Inc. is the lowest responsive and responsible bIdder. The lowest bid price was submitted by Tennyson Electric, Inc. Based on the bids received, staff believes that the low bid of $318,500 is reasonable and responsive, and recommends awarding the contract to Tennyson Electric, Inc. ALTERNATIVES The Council and Agency may choose not to award the contract which would delay the long anticipated completion of the improvements to this important gateway into downtown. FISCAL IMPACT Funding of $350,000 was included for the Theatre Way II Project (No. 809-71883) in the Downtown Funding Plan adopted by the Agency Board In 2003. Since that time. the Board has approved funding for the installation of lanterns and "Theatre District" and