Salinas Rail Extension Kick Start Project Final Design:

1. RECEIVE presentation;
2. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute a contract with HDR Engineering, subject to approval by Agency Counsel and the Independent Office of Audits and Investigations, in an amount not to exceed $3,189,130, to provide final design services for the Salinas Rail Extension Kick Start Project, for the three-year period ending June 30, 2023;
3. APPROVE the use of state funds budgeted to this project; and
4. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to take such other further actions as may be necessary to fulfill the intent of the contract, including approvals of future modifications or amendments that do not significantly alter the scope of work, or change the approved contract term or amount.

TAMC released a Request for Proposals for the Salinas Rail Extension Kick-Start Project Final Design for Packages 2 and 3 in December 2019. Two proposals were submitted by the deadline of January 16, 2020. Based on the proposals and interviews, the review team recommends selecting HDR Engineering for this work.

The contract budget is not to exceed $3,189,130. The design tasks will be funded through secured allocations of state Traffic Congestion Relief Program funds, and the optional task of design support during construction will be paid for through a future allocation of State Transportation Improvement Program and/or Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program construction funds awarded to this project.

TAMC has been planning the extension of rail service to Monterey County (the “Monterey County Rail Extension Project”) for over two decades. In that time, TAMC has completed a state-required Project Study Report and certified an Environmental Impact Report to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. Using state funding, TAMC has performed the planning, due diligence environmental review, and design for the project. This contract is for the preparation of final design Plans, Specifications & Estimates of a new layover facility in Salinas (Package 2) and track access improvements at the Gilroy station in Santa Clara County (Package 3). This contract includes design support during construction as an optional task to be activated upon allocation of funding for construction.

Package 1, access and circulation improvements at the Salinas train station, is anticipated to finish construction in 2020. Package 2, a train layover facility in Salinas, and Package 3, track improvements at the Gilroy station, are at the 75% design stage. Final design and design support during construction are anticipated to take approximately three years to complete, starting in Spring 2020 and being completed by June 30, 2023.  Attached online are a draft scope of work and schedule.

• Draft Scope of Work
• Draft Contract Schedule