Title
Update on the Railroad Track Stabilization Project in the Vicinity of Milepost 206.8 and Related Agreement and Contract Change Order
Overview
Overview
A hillside adjacent to the Orange County Transportation Authority-owned railroad right-of-way, in the vicinity of Mile Post 206.8 on the Orange Subdivision, failed and pushed the railroad tracks toward the Pacific Ocean. Ongoing construction under a previous emergency declaration to stabilize the tracks requires environmental permitting mitigation and a construction contract change order. Staff is seeking Board of Directors’ approval of an agreement to purchase environmental mitigation credits and a construction contract change order required for delivery of the project.change order needed to support the ongoing delivery of the project.
Recommendation(s)
Recommendations
A. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Agreement No. C-3-2612 between the Orange County Transportation Authority and Wildlands SLR Holdings I, LLC, in the amount of $307,500, for mitigation credits for waters of the United States.
B. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Contract Change Order No. 2 to Agreement No. C-2-2884 between the Orange County Transportation Authority and Condon Johnson & Associates, Inc., in the amount of $2,174,626, for additional tieback strands, design support, and a temporary soil nail wall.
C. Authorize the use of $307,500 in Measure M2 High-Frequency Metrolink Service (Project R) funds for the mitigation work.
D. Authorize staff to process all necessary amendments to the Federal Transportation Improvement Program and execute or amend all necessary agreements to facilitate the above actions.