CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET 5-19-26

Page 1 of 3 Item #5 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT May 19, 2026 Community and Economic Development TITLE: AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WOOD ROGERS, INC., FOR THE I-580 OVERCROSSING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, CIP NO. 22570, FOR A NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $482,940 SUMMARY The I-580 Overcrossing Improvement Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements Project (CIP No. 22570) will address pedestrian and bicycle improvements at three I-580 overcrossings: Santa Rita Road, Hacienda Drive, and Hopyard Road. These improvements include continuous bikeways, sidewalk widening, new crosswalk locations, and high-visibility crosswalks, including rectangular rapid flashing beacons and new signalized crossings. The agreement will be for an amount not to exceed $482,940, including a 20 percent contingency to account for the uncertainty associated with the Caltrans review process. RECOMMENDATION Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Design Professional Services Agreement (Attachment 1) with Wood Rogers, Inc., in the amount of $482,940, which includes a 20 percent contingency. BACKGROUND The I-580 Overcrossing Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements project is ranked third in the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan's priorities and was created in 2022 to address the Bicycle Friendly Community silver status application (and its subsequent denial). The denial of silver status was due in part to the lack of convenient pedestrian and bicycle connections over I-580. The project is within Caltrans's right-of-way, and although the roadway portion of the overcrossings (asphalt, signs, traffic signals, pavement striping, sidewalk, and lighting) is maintained by the City, any modifications to the design must be reviewed and approved by Caltrans. In 2023, Caltrans announced that it was reviewing and updating its design policies for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure to allow more recent design standards to be approved without going through Caltrans design exception documentation. In hopes of a faster and less expensive Caltrans review process, staff elected to pause the project until the design standards were finalized. In 2024, Caltrans completed the design standard update; however, the changes excluded freeway overcrossings. This exclusion eliminated the option of a streamlined, low-cost Caltrans approval process for the project. The conceptual designs are shown in Attachment 3 and include relocated pedestrian and bicyclist crossing locations, rectangular rapid flashing beacons and/or pedestrian hybrid beacons at each crossing, high-visibility pavement markings, and protected bike lanes. Page 170 of 908