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Shifting the median affects how Hopyard Road lanes on each side of the Owens Drive intersection line up, so the work is fairly extensive to ensure proper lane alignment. Even with this work, the limited space does not allow for the installation of a sidewalk along the west side of Hopyard Road between Owens Drive and 1-680. The sidewalk will remain on the east side of the street. Quincy Engineering was selected for this project under the on-call contract due to their experience working with Caltrans and with the design of complicated intersections. The original design costs were estimated at $65,000 and fit within the scope of our on-call contracts to be awarded by staff. Due to the increase in costs for design, staff recommends an additional amount of $158,928 be added to the professional services contract for the design of the intersection as described. Although Quincy Engineering was selected and awarded an on-call civil engineering contract through a Request for Qualification process, under the City's purchasing guidelines for a project of this magnitude an individual Request for Qualifications process is normally required to procure a consultant for the design of the intersection. However if a request for qualifications was issued now for the project, staff is confident that Quincy Engineering would be one of the top firms submitting to perform the work. Given that Quincy Engineering has already started the design of the project and has already established a working relationship with Caltrans and the surrounding property owners, staff recommends proceeding forward with Quincy Engineering for the design. Budget The realignment of the intersection is significantly more costly than the original project scope. The original right lane project design and construction was estimated to be completed for $530,000. The intersection realignment is now estimated at $1,800,000 for design and construction. This cost is contingent upon the approval of lane width and minor geometry variances by Caltrans. There is an anticipated project shortfall of $1,260,000 to cover the cost of construction that will need to be addressed before the project can move forward to construction. However the shortfall is an estimate at this time without final designs. Staff is recommending proceeding with the design and obtaining Caltrans permits before budgeting for construction. As the design is refined the estimate will also be refined. Schedule The proposed schedule for the project is as follows: Award of Design August 15, 2017 Submit to Caltrans April 2018 Start of Construction: Fall 2018 End of Construction: Spring 2019 Page 3 of 4