DATE: April 23, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Development Services Department
TITLE: AMENDMENT 3 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE COLLEGE BOULEVARD WIDENING PROJECT DESIGN
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment 3 to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with CR Associates, in an amount not to exceed $1,561,720, for a total revised contract amount not to exceed $4,273,495, for additional design services for the proposed College Boulevard Widening Project; and authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The City of Oceanside's General Plan Circulation Element adopted in 2012 classifies College Boulevard as a four-lane Major Arterial from Waring Road to Old Grove Road. The adopted plan includes the 2030 Master Transportation Roadway Plan, in which an expansion to a six-lane Major Arterial is proposed for College Boulevard from Waring Road to Old Grove Road. Currently, the City is in the process of completing its General Plan Update, in which the proposed Circulation Element classifies College Boulevard as a six-lane Major Arterial from Olive Drive to Old Grove Road.
Today, the approximately 2.4-mile corridor is built with four-lanes from Waring Road to Old Grove Road. Consistent with the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) dated March 2020, and adopted by the Oceanside City Council on May 6, 2020, the originally proposed College Boulevard Improvement (Widening) Project would:
* Primarily maintain College Boulevard as a four (4)-lane Major Arterial from Waring Road to Olive Drive and minimal roadway improvements (additional improvements were subsequently authorized as described later in this report)
* Widen College Boulevard to a six (6)-lane Major Arterial from Olive Drive to Old Grove Road, with extensive roadway improvements (medians, parkways, sidewalks, and storm drain improvements...
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