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6.10 Pa e 1 R:E~PO:;RT . July 26, 2010 SUBJECT Amendment No. 1 to the 2009-2010 Tree Preservation and Sidewalk Replacement Project Agreement with Spencon Construction, Inc. RECOMMENDATION By motion approve Amendment No.1 to the 2009-2010 Tree Preservation and Sidewalk Replacement Project Agreement with Spencon Construction, Inc. in the amount of $500,000, and authorize the City Manager to increase the contract amount, if necessary, up to ten percent of the amount awarded. BACKGROUND On June 15, 2009, the contract was awarded to Spencon Construction, Inc. of Danville, CA in the amount of $712,920 for the 2009..2010 Tree Preservation and Sidewalk Replacement Project (Minute Order 09-113). The project received .final acceptance by the City Council on May 24, 2010. Contract language in the Agreement allowed for up to four consecutive one-year extensions with a maximum yearly increase of five percent. This amendment includes an increase of only 1.33 percent for each of the individual unit prices. The total contract amount of this amendment is less than last years contract amount due to less available funding. This is the first Amendment to extend the contract for a one-year period. With this Amendment the total aggregate Agreement amount shall not exceed $1,212,920. The contractor has performed their work to accepted industry standards and staff is confident they will continue to perform work in compliance with accepted industry standards. The project location is the neighborhood bounded by Alameda de las Pulgas to the east, McGarvey Avenue to the south, Farm Hill Boulevard to the west and Jefferson Avenue to the north. AL lERNA liVES Do not permit the Amendment to the Agreement and direct staff to re-bid the entire project. Staff does not believe that re-bidding the project will result in significant cost changes. FISCAL IMPACT Funds totaling $985,000 are available in the FY 2010-2011 Capital Improvement Program Tree Preservation and Sidewalk Repair Program. Additional funds in the amount of $113,000 are available in the Traffic Mitigation Fees Fund, Americans with Disabilities Act Ramp Project to allow for the installation of curb ramps which are installed at corners of street intersections in the project area. These amounts support staff costs associated with managing the project as well as the cost of the two projects funded by this program: the Cost Shared Sidewalk Repair Project and the Tree Preservation and Sidewalk Repair Program.