BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Reduction of Construction Contract Retention for the Lower Silver Creek Flood Protection and Creek Restoration Project, Reach 6B, Robert A. Bothman, Inc., Contractor, Project No. 40264008, Contract No. C0594 (San Jose) (District 6).
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Authorize reducing the current construction contract retention of ten percent (10%) to five percent (5%), consistent with the minimum amount required by the California Public Contract Code.
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SUMMARY:
The Board awarded the subject contract to Robert A. Bothman, Inc. in the amount of $12,677,594 on June 10, 2014. The improvement phase of the Project is approximately 80 percent complete and is scheduled for completion in Fall 2017. A three-year plant establishment maintenance phase will follow and is allocated approximately 1.0% of the total contract price. A reduction to the construction contract retention is recommended since substantially complex work is complete and the remaining work is of minimal risk, consisting of some civil installation scope and maintaining revegetation plantings. Taking this recommended action is consistent with statutory requirements.
Project Background
The objective of the Lower Silver Creek Flood Protection and Creek Restoration Project, Reach 6B (Project) is to convey the 1-percent chance of flood flows and improve stream habitat values. The Project reach is between Moss Point Drive and Cunningham Avenue, approximately 2,700 feet in length. This Project is the final portion of the Lower Silver Creek, Reaches 4-6 project that the District partners with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to construct improvements along 2.3 miles of the creek. Completion of this Project, together with future improvements planned by the District's Lake Cunningham project, will provide flood protection for a total of 3,800 parcels in the surrounding area.
This Project includes construction of floodwalls, retaining walls, mai...
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