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Ayes: Councilmembers Brown, Cook-Kallio, Pentin, Mayor Thorne Noes: None Absent: One Vacancy 10. Approve plans and specifications, review bids, and award contract to Carone and Company, Inc. in the amount of $1,025,523.40 for the Staples Ranch: Stoneridge Drive and Santa Rita Road Intersection Improvements project, CIP No. 115034 Director of Community Development Dolan introduced the item. City Engineer Kirkpatrick provided the staff report via Powerpoint presentation, stating that the item pertains to completion of a project required as mitigation measure in the Environmental Impact Report for the Staples Ranch project. The project was fully funded in the FY2012 Capital Improvement Project. Mr. Kirkpatrick reviewed the intersection orientation and identified the proposed traffic signal improvements and lane realignments. The most notable changes include conversion of one of the two righthand turn lanes onto southbound Santa Rita Road into a free turn lane, addition of a dedicated right turn lane from northbound Santa Rita onto eastbound Stoneridge, widening of Santa Rita both to the east and west, narrowing of the median from 6 to 3 feet in this same area, a new bus pullout with shelter, new sidewalks, significant landscaping and extension of the Iron Horse Trail link from its current terminus to the traffic signal. The estimated cost of the project is $1.3 million with funding sources to include Stonerdige Specific Plan Fees, City of Livermore fees associated with the extension of El Charro Road, and Alameda County Surplus Authority fees. With award of the contract occurring tonight, construction would begin in April and be completed in October to tie in with a number of related projects culminating with the opening of the Stoneridge Drive bridge. The contractor is required to maintain at least two lanes of open traffic plus a turn lane in each direction during construction. There are however likely to be a number of temporary lane closures and the existing bus stop will be temporary moved further to the south. Mr. Kirkpatrick stated that the project was competetively bid with the total contract price coming in a bit lower than the engineered estimate of approximately $1.2 million. Councilmember Brown noted the staff report shows a cost of $1,025,000, roughly $250,000 less than the contract price. She asked what, in addition to $150,000 for the bus pullout, this variance consists of. Mr. Kirkpatrick explained that the $150,000 for the bus pullout was approved in a prior CIP and the remainder is for a standard 10% contigency for unforseen issues. Councilmember Brown and Mr. Kirkpatrick confirmed that Stoneridge narrows to one lane in each direction as it approaches Livermore and that this may be expanded to two lanes in each direction if traffic demands warrant it. Mr. Fialho explained that the policy adopted by the Council allows that flexibility after one full year of operation. Mayor Thorne opened the item for public comment. Angelina Summers, Suttergate Avenue, expressed concern that the free righthand turn lane from eastbound Stoneridge onto southbound Santa Rita would create a constant flow of cars that would make it extremely difficult to make the lefthand turn out of Suttergate onto Santa Rita. She also worried that moving the bus stop closer to Suttergate would block the view of cross traffic for those turning off of Suttergate. With regards to Item 11, she asked and staff confirmed that the pedestrian island City Council Minutes Page 5 of 9 March 5, 2013