Approval of Plans and Specifications and Authorization to Advertise for Bids for the Sepulveda Boulevard MTA Grant Project. City of Culver City California Agenda Item Report Meeting Date: 10/25/10 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD AGENDA ITEM: Approval of Plans and Specifications and Authorization to Advertise for Bids for the Sepulveda Boulevard MTA Grant Project. Contact Person/Dept.: Michael Pasternak Redevelopment; Todd Tipton Redevelopment Fiscal Impact: Yes X No Phone Number: (310) 253 5708 and 5783 Item Number: C 2 General Fund: Yes No X Public Hearing: Action Item: Attachments: X Commission Action Required: Yes No X Date: _______________ Public Notification: (USPS) All Property Owners Businesses and Occupants within 500 feet of the project area (10/13/10); (Email) Meetings and Agendas Redevelopment Agency (10/20/10); Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld (10/18/10) Chief Financial Officer Approval: Jeff Muir (by N. Kimball) (10/20/10) Agency General Counsel Approval: Murray Kane: (10/14/10) Executive Director Approval: John M. Nachbar (10/20/10) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Culver City Redevelopment Agency Board (Agency Board) approve plans and specifications and authorize the advertisement of bids for the Sepulveda Boulevard MTA Grant Project (Project). BACKGROUND: On August 23 2010 the Agency Board approved conceptual design plans for the Project. During the same meeting the City Council approved an amendment to the Street Tree Master Plan to plant London Plane and White Orchid trees along Sepulveda Boulevard between the Culver Boulevard intersection and the city limit line south of Franklin Avenue (Attachment No. 1). DISCUSSION: The design of the Project is consistent with the grant application scope of work which proposed to improve pedestrian conditions along the specified section of Sepulveda Boulevard. Further the design is efficient low maintenance and respectful of business store frontage and signage. If implemented the design will lead to a bet...
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