LA County Board

27. Avocado Heights San Jose Hills - Valley Boulevard Construction Project Recommendation: Approve and authorize the Director of Public Works to sign a include the City’s jurisdictional cost share estimated to be $1,110,000, to the Avocado Heights San Jose Hills - Valley Boulevard Project (Project). The Director may execute amendments to the Funding Cooperative Agreement to incorporate necessary programmatic and administrative changes. Approve the Project and adopt the plans and specifications that are on file for the Project at an estimated construction contract cost between $8,000,000 and $12,250,000. There will be no impact to the County General Fund. Advertise for bids to be received before 11:00 a.m. on August 18, 2026. Find that the proposed Project and related actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act and related actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. Authorize the Director to take the following actions: (Supervisorial District 1) (Department of Public Works) ADOPT 4-VOTES Determine whether the bid of the apparent responsible contractor with the lowest apparent responsive bid is, in fact, responsive and, if not responsive, determine which apparent responsible contractor submitted the lowest responsive bid. Award and execute a construction contract for the Project to the responsible contractor with the lowest responsive bid within or less than the estimated cost range of $8,000,000 and $12,250,000, or that exceeds the estimated cost range by no more than 15%, if additional funds have been identified. Extend the date and time for the receipt of bids; allow substitution of subcontractors and relief of bidders; approve and execute change orders within the same monetary limits delegated to the Director; accept the Project upon its final completion; and make required findings and release retention money. (26-4252)