HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-08-25 - AGENDA REPORTS - VIA PRINCESSA EIR (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE:
SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT
Agenda Item:
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by:
August 25, 2009
Curtis Nay
AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH IMPACT SCIENCES, INC., TO
PREPARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE
VIA PRINCESSA EAST EXTENSION
Public Works
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council authorize the City Manager or designee to enter into a professional services
agreement between the City and Impact Sciences, Inc., to prepare an Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) for the Via Princessa continuation from Rainbow Glen Drive to Golden Valley
Road in the amount of $422,000, plus a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $63,000, for
a total not to exceed $485,000.
2. Appropriate $535,000 from Eastside Bridge and Thoroughfare District Fund Balance (Fund
301) to expenditure Account S3026301-5161.001.
Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney
approval.
BACKGROUND
The Via Princessa extension will be one of the primary east -west arterials through the City. The
City's General Plan includes several large developments in the project vicinity. A "Conceptual
Alignment Study" (dated July 1997) was completed by ASL Consulting Engineers for the City,
which proposed to construct the extension of Magic Mountain Parkway from San Fernando Road
to Via Princessa and the extension of Via Princessa from Magic Mountain Parkway to
approximately quarter of a mile west of Rainbow Glen Drive.
A��RUULSD
The limits for this project are for the extension of Via Princessa from Golden Valley Road on the
west to Rainbow Glen Drive on the east. The project is about 1.2 miles in length and is
designated as a major arterial highway per the City's Master Plan of Arterial Highways. The
proposed roadway will be six lanes with a raised landscaped median, sidewalk on each side, and
a two-lane bike path along the south side.
City staff recently conducted interviews and reviewed proposals from various firms to prepare
EIRs for the Via Princessa extension project. Impact Sciences, Inc., was the highest rated firm of
those interviewed. Impact Sciences, Inc., submitted a proposal that was complete and addressed
the required elements of the proposed EIR.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The requested appropriation of $535,000 from the Eastside Bridge and Thoroughfare District will
fully fund the project. The remaining budget will adequately provide for project administration,
legal services, staff oversight, and other miscellaneous costs.
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