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REPORT 6.3A age 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Ci Mana er September 14, 2009 SUBJECT Award of Contract - EI Camino Real "Grand Boulevard" Streetscaping Project (Broadway to Brewster Avenue) RECOMMENDATION 1. Approve, by motion, the contract documents and award the contract for the EI Camino Real "Grand Boulevard" Streetscaping Project to Redgwick Construction Company of San Jose for their responsive and responsible low base bid of $1,413,582.80, and authorize the City Manager to increase the contract amount, if necessary, up to 10% of the amount awarded. 2. Authorize, by resolution, amendment to the city's Capital Projects Fund budget to reflect recent award of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant funding of $213,000.00 in addition to the previously awarded and allocated amount of $310,000.00 for this project and create the appropriation. 3. Authorize, by resolution, amendment of the city's Capital Projects Fund budget to reflect award of California Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) grant funding of $639,000.00 for this project and create the appropriation. BACKGROUND The proposed project is the first in an anticipated sequence of improvements along EI Camino Real ("ECR") and consists of pedestrian, streetscape and landscape improvements to ECR from Broadway to Brewster Avenue, approximately 1/10th of a mile. The proposed improvements are consistent with the principles of the Grand Boulevard Initiative ("GBI") adopted by the Council in December, 2007. The GBI is a collaborative effort involving 19 cities and both San Mateo and Santa Clara counties to transform ECR into a "grand boulevard" for the length of the Peninsula Corridor. The work of this project is intended to improve pedestrian safety, enhance the pedestrian experience at the intersection of ECR and Broadway, and achieve better pedestrian access to the city's central business district and downtown transportation center. Included as part of this project is the addition of a median refuge area and street frontage improvements that will reduce the distance and time required for pedestrians to cross the street. Improved lighting and landscaping are also proposed between Brewster and Broadway. EI Camino Real is a state maintained highway, and the project has been reviewed and approved by the California Department of Transportation. Construction is expected to conclude in February, 2010. Earlier design efforts for this project were enabled by Redwood City Redevelopment Agency funds.