City Council

CC 6. Award of Bid – PWCP 20-005 – SR-138 (SR-14) / Avenue J Interchange Improvements (Phase II – Caltrans Interchange) Recommendation(s): 1. Recognize revenue of $17,594,964.00 to Revenue Account 210-3320-100. Appropriate $16,468,968.21 in Measure R “Highway Equity” Program funds to Account 210-15BR007-924. 2. Award PWCP 20-005, SR-138 (SR-14) / Avenue J Interchange Improvements (Phase II – Caltrans Interchange), to Granite Construction Company of Lancaster, California, in the amount of $29,633,267.00 plus a 10% contingency, to install a full freeway interchange at Avenue J including new retaining walls, a northbound off-ramp and a southbound on-ramp. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign all documents. This contract is awarded to the lowest responsible bidder per California Public Contract Code Section 22038 (b). 3. Find that the City has complied with the California Environmental Quality Act. An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) was prepared, and a Notice of Determination was filed on September 19, 2018, and was posted September 19, 2019. In 2018, LACMTA approved additional programing totaling $17,594,964 from the I- 5/SR-14 HOV direct connector project to the Lancaster (SR-14) Measure R Capacity Enhancement Program. This action increased the overall program budget to $82,594,964.00. As part of the action $17,594,964.00 shall be recognized and allocated to the Capital Improvements Budget. On June 25, 2020, January 28, 2021, and January 26, 2023, the LACMTA Board approved transfers of programmed funds between Avenue G, Avenue J, Avenue K, Avenue L, and Avenue M. The Funding Agreement Amendments will be executed and are expected in Spring 2023.