Carlsbad

City Council

July 29, 2025 Item #14

Agenda Item 14

14. OPTIONS FOR BARRIO TRAFFIC CALMING – 1) Adoption of a City Council resolution accepting the bids,\ndenying the two bid protests, awarding a contract to Palm Engineering Construction Company, Inc. for\nPhase 1 of the Village and Barrio Traffic Circles Project that includes five traffic circles with sewer and\nwater improvements, in an amount not to exceed $5,663,385, and appropriating additional funds in\nthe amount of $300,000; and\n2) Adoption a Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors resolution authorizing the use of\nan amount not to exceed $2,516,925 from the Water System Rehabilitation and Replacement Program\nfunds for Phase 1 of the Village and Barrio Traffic Circles Project; or\n3) Adoption of a City Council resolution directing the City Manager to return with a conceptual plan\nand high-level cost estimate for traffic calming that includes one traffic circle with public art at the\nintersection of Pine Avenue and Harding Street and other traffic calming measures in the Barrio area\nfor City council consideration at a future meeting and rejecting all bids for Phase 1 of the Village and\nBarrio Traffic Circles Project; and\n4) Adoption of a Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors resolution directing the\nExecutive Manager to return with a conceptual plan and high-level cost estimate for utilities impacted\nby traffic calming that includes one traffic circle with public art at the intersection of Pine Avenue and\nHarding Street and other traffic calming measures in the Barrio area for Board consideration at a future\nmeeting and rejecting all bids for Phase 1 of the Village and Barrio Traffic Circles Project; or\n5) Adoption of a City Council resolution directing the City Manager to return with a conceptual plan\nand high-level cost estimate for traffic calming that does not include traffic circles in the Barrio area\nfor City Council consideration at a future meeting and rejecting all bids for Phase 1 of the Village and\nBarrio Traffic Circles Project; and\n6) Adoption of a Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors resolution directing the\nExecutive Manager to return with a conceptual plan and high-level cost estimate for utilities impacted\nby traffic calming that does not include traffic circles in the Barrio area for Board consideration at a\nfuture meeting and rejecting all bids for Phase 1 of the Village and Barrio Traffic Circles Project. (Staff\ncontact: Tom Frank and Amanda Flesse, Public Works)\nCity Manager’s Recommendation: Adopt the resolutions.