Salinas Rail Project - HDR Engineering Contract Amendment #9:

1. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute contract amendment #9 to extend the deadline by six months from June 30, 2021 to December 31, 2021, to complete the design work for Package 1 at the Salinas train station; and
2. 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, package 1 (Salinas Station area improvements) is in the construction and 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 add time to the contract to complete the project final design, due to the longer timeframe now anticipated for the close-out of that construction project.

The budget for the contract, as amended, has a not-to-exceed amount of $2,869,148, 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. This contract amendment does not propose an increase to that amount.

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. 

The current contract with HDR Engineering, Inc. is nearly complete, pending close-out of the construction contract, while HDR continues to assist MNS Engineers in their oversight of the MPE construction contract. Contract amendment #9 with HDR Engineering, Inc., extends the deadline to December 31, 2021 in order to accommodate the longer timeframe for closing out the construction contract and approve remaining construction contractor pay requests and change orders.

Attached is the draft contract amendment #9.