Oxnard-- The City Council, Tuesday, November 15, approved agreement A-8505 with Toro Enterprises for the Ventura Boulevard sidewalk improvement project.
The agreement is for $2.467 million, with a project contingency amount of $246,709.
City Engineer Tatiana Arnout presented the video and said there would be a project allocation amount of $246,709 for engineering, inspection, survey, and project management, and a budget appropriation amount of $66,655 from TDAL/LTF3-BI/PED Fund (212) and budget reallocations of $144,736 within the Air Pollution Buydown Fee Fund.
There will be $359,416 within the General Capital Fund Outlay Fund for the project.
Arnout said the project was originally recommended through the City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, which is about a decade old. It was the third-highest pedestrian project with the goal of getting people to walk and ride bicycles to destinations between Vineyard and Rose avenues.
“We did receive an $847,000 Federal Congestions Federal Air Quality, or CMAC Grant through VCTC for this construction phase,” she said. “There are several appropriations that we’re requesting, and that’s because since we were rewarded the grant and now that awarding the construction of it, the prices have escalated substantially. We’re making up for it with other funds that…
