DATE: September 12, 2023
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to the Agreement with Schaaf & Wheeler for Engineering Design Services in the Amount of $120,000 for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $320,000 to Complete the Arf Avenue Trash Capture Project No. 07746
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to amend the Professional Services Agreement with Schaaf & Wheeler for engineering services related to the installation of a Trash Capture Device on Arf Avenue not to exceed $120,000 to be funded by Caltrans.
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SUMMARY
To comply with the trash reduction requirements of the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (MRP), the City is collaborating with Caltrans to fund, design, and construct a large trash capture device within the City's storm drain system to capture trash before the waters flow to the San Francisco Bay. The device will be located at Arf Avenue near Hesperian Boulevard and will be funded by Caltrans. The project mutually benefits the City and Caltrans as the area treated by the large trash capture device includes city and Caltrans right of way (ROW). The Arf Avenue project will be the second of two trash capture projects funded by Caltrans. The first was installed on Tennyson Road earlier this summer. The Arf Avenue project requires additional time and funds from Caltrans to meet the approval requirements by the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.
On November 15, 2016, Council passed a resolution authorizing a Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) with the Alameda County Building Trades Council (BTC), which applies to City projects with construction costs of $1,000,000 or more. The agreement requires contractors to use local union hiring halls, encourages contractors to employ Hayward residents or Hayw...
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