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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an amendment to Contract No. 34308 with Safeway Sign Company, of Adelanto, CA, for the purchase of additional signs specifically required for the Street Sweeping Sign Replacement project and to increase the contract amount by $800,000, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $3,274,000, for a period ending June 30, 2018. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On July 5, 2016, the City Council awarded a contract to Safeway Sign Company to furnish and deliver traffic and custom signs, poles and related supplies, in an amount not to exceed $2,474,000 for a period of two years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods. This agreement is utilized to support routine operations for ongoing sign maintenance, placement, and replacement throughout the City.
City Council action is requested to amend Contract No. 34308 with Safeway Sign Company by increasing the contract amount by $800,000, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $3,274,000 for the period ending June 30, 2018. The Public Works Department is requesting the additional contract authority to purchase signage and supplies associated with the Street Sweeping Sign Replacement Project, which is currently budgeted at $1,500,000. This project was approved in Fiscal Year 2016 as an efficiency improvement that will result in shortening the length of time vehicles are barred from parking on City streets.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Amy R. Webber on December 21, 2016 and by Budget Management Officer Rhutu Amin Gharib on December 29, 2016.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action on this matter is requested on January 17, 2017, to ensure the signs can be purchased in a timely manner and the Street Sweeping Sign Replacement Project can be completed expeditiously.
FISCAL IMPACT
The requested action increases the contract authority by $800,000, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $3...
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