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BACKGROUND The landscape and irrigation in the medians and parkway planting areas on the east side of Santa Rita Road, between Mohr Avenue and Valley Avenue, were installed in the mid-1980s. The trees located in the median started to fail during the most recent drought and the landscape and irrigation system became more and more challenging to maintain. As part of the 2019 budgeting and planning process, the City's Parks Division evaluated the city-owned streetscape landscaping and identified replacing the section of Santa Rita Road between Mohr Avenue and Valley Avenue as a priority. The City's Operations Services and Engineering Departments worked together to establish the scope of work and budget for the project. The project was included in the Capital Improvement Program for fiscal year 2019/20 as CIP No. 20736. Staff began designing the project in Fall 2019 and completed the design and construction documents in Spring 2020. The project was temporarily placed on hold due to the County's Shelter-in-Place Order. In early June, the project was advertised for bid, with a bid opening date established as July 2, 2020. On August 6, 2020, City Council approved the plans and specifications, reviewed bids, and awarded the construction contract to Marshall Brothers Enterprises, Inc., the lowest bidder, in the amount of$220,734. The improvements consisted of replacing the planting and irrigation in the three medians on Santa Rita Road between Mohr Avenue and Valley Avenue, and replacing the landscape and irrigation in both the parkway strip and between the sidewalk and sound wall on the east side of Santa Rita Road between Mohr Avenue and Morganfield Road. DISCUSSION Construction began on September 8, 2020, and was completed on October 21, 2020. Four change orders were issued on the project for additional work requested by the City during construction. The first change order was for a credit of$1,426 to eliminate the planned installation of a master water valve and flow sensor for the irrigation system. There are two irrigation controllers that operate this irrigation system. If installed, the master valve and flow sensor would not be able to communicate with (i.e., sense the flow of) the other irrigation controller, which would unnecessarily shut down the irrigation system whenever the other controller was operating. The second change order for $1,665 was for additional potholing required to locate a PG&E gas line and to remove bolts from old light pole footings discovered during demolition. The third change order for$4,149 was to pay for additional planting and irrigation required for the project. The fourth and final change order for$3,375 was for additional plants required for the project. The record drawings used to create the construction documents did not completely reflect the field conditions. Additional planting and irrigation were required to meet the actual field conditions. The change order work totaled $7,763, increasing the total construction contract amount to $228,497. Page 2 of 3