Salinas Rail Project - HDR Engineering Contract Amendment #7:

1. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute contract amendment #7 with HDR Engineering Inc., subject to approval by Agency Counsel, to reallocate the existing budget without exceeding the previously approved budget for design of Package 1 at the Salinas train station;
2. AUTHORIZE the use of state funds budgeted to this project; and
3. 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.

The Salinas Rail Extension Kick Start Project is in the final design phase. HDR Engineering, Inc. was originally hired for this work in June 2014 after a formal Request for Proposals process. The contract now needs to be amended to reallocate the budget to close out completed tasks and put the remaining funds into the three tasks that are continuing until the end of the contract in December 2020: project management, design support during construction, and as-built plans.

The budget for the contract has a not-to-exceed amount of $2,809,148, funded through Traffic Congestion Relief Program (TCRP) funds allocated to the design phase and State Transportation Improvement Program and Proposition 116 Rail Bond funds allocated to the construction phase.

The Salinas Rail Extension Kick Start Project Package 1 is currently under construction. Package 1 includes circulation improvements along West Market Street/ State Route 183 and via an extension of Lincoln Avenue, which previously terminated at West Market Street from the south. The improvements include changing the intersection at Lincoln Avenue to a 4-way intersection with the associated changes to the signals, bike lanes and crosswalks, as well as some lane configuration changes. Package 1 also includes two parking lots with landscaping and stormwater improvements, and adding bicycle parking near the train station. Contract amendment #7 with HDR Engineering, Inc., reallocates funding from completed tasks to the currently active tasks of project management, design support during construction, and as-built designs after construction. Attached are the contract amendment #7 and the revised budget.