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[Contract] St. Luke’s Detention Basin Project
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FileID
File ID: 2026-01028
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Location
Location: District 5
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution: 1) approving the contract plans and specifications for the St. Luke’s Detention Basin Project within the Drainage Improvement Program (W14150700); 2) authorizing the City Manager or designee to award the construction contract to Pacific Coast Construction Svc., Inc. and execute the contract in an amount not-to-exceed $880,000; and 3) authorizing a budget transfer of $400,000 from the Base Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Drainage Contingency Program (W14000200, Fund 6021), and a budget transfer of $112,000 from Drainage Sump Replacement/Rehabilitation Program (W14130600, Fund 6021) to the Drainage Improvement Program (W14150700, Fund 6021).
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Contact
Contact: Brett Grant, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-1413, bgrant@cityofsacramento.org; Michelle Carrey, Engineering & Water Resources Division Manager, (916) 808-1438, mcarrey@cityofsacramento.org; Dalia Fadl, Director, (916) 808-3765, dfadl@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Utilities
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Contract
3-Resolution
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: Staff recommends City Council award a construction contract to Pacific Coast Construction Svc., Inc., to construct a detention basin on the vacant property adjacent to St. Luke’s Lutheran Church on Center Parkway, as well as related vaults, piping, access roads and security fencing.
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PolicyConsiderations
Policy Considerations: City Council approval is required to award construction contracts of $250,000 or more. The action requested conforms with City Code Chapter 3.56, Articles I and III, which provide for award of competitively bid contracts to the lowest responsible bidder.
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EconomicImpacts
Economic Impacts: This project is expected to create 3.52 total jobs (2.02 direct jobs and 1.50 jobs through indirect and induced activities) and create $543,342.80 in total economic output ($342,473.12 of direct output and another $200,869.68 of output through indirect and induced activities).
The indicated economic impacts are estimates calculated using a calculation tool developed by the Center for Strategic Economic Research (CSER). CSER utilized the IMPLAN input-output model (2009 coefficients) to quantify the economic impacts of a hypothetical $1 million of spending in various construction categories within the City of Sacramento in an average one-year period. Actual impacts could differ significantly from the estimates and neither the City of Sacramento nor CSER shall be held responsible for consequences resulting from such differences.
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EnvironmentalConsiderations
Environmental Considerations: The subject project was reviewed and determined to be categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The project includes building a new stormwater detention facility to alleviate flooding, which consists of the construction of limited numbers of new small facilities (CEQA Guidelines Section 15303).
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Sustainability
Sustainability: The proposed project is consistent with the 2040 General Plan Policies PFS-2.1, PFS-2.2 and PFS-2.5 as it adds stormwater detention which reduces the flooding hazard and protects infrastructure from flooding communitywide.
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Commission/Committee Action
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
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RationaleforRecommendation
Rationale for Recommendation: The project was advertised and nine bids were received and opened on April 29, 2026. Pacific Coast Construction Svc., Inc. was the lowest responsible bidder.
The bid results are as follows:
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Contractor |
Amount |
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Pacific Coast Construction Svc., Inc. |
$880,000.00 |
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R&R Pacific Construction |
$1,045,648.00 |
|
K.P. Martin General Engineering |
$1,185,970.00 |
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Martin Brothers Construction |
$1,359,667.69 |
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Steve P. Rados, Inc. |
$1,684,800.00 |
|
McGuire and Hester |
$1,706,615.00 |
|
Evans Brothers, Inc. |
$1,737,574.00 |
|
Frontline General Engineering Construction, Inc. |
$1,859,646.23 |
|
Hyatt Contracting, Inc. |
$1,894,810.00 |
The Engineer’s construction cost estimate was $1,061,675.
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FinancialConsiderations
Financial Considerations: Sufficient funds do not exist in the St. Luke’s Detention Basin Project (W14150700, Fund 6021) to award a contract to Pacific Coast Construction Svc., Inc. for an amount not to exceed $880,000. To provide sufficient funding for this project, staff recommends transferring $400,000 from the Base CIP Drainage Contingency Program (W14000200, Fund 6021) and $112,000 from Drainage Sump Replacement/Rehabilitation Program (W14130600, Fund 6021) to the Drainage Improvement Program (W14150700, Fund 6021).
There are no General Funds allocated or planned for this project.
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LocalBusinessEnterprise
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Pacific Coast Construction Svc., Inc. is not a LBE.
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Background
Background: The St. Luke’s Detention Basin project was developed to address the flooding hazard in City Drainage Basin 67. Originally planned as the Florin Creek Pump Station Project, the City of Sacramento shifted to a detention basin solution after unsuccessful attempts to acquire the property needed for the pump station. A parcel owned by St. Luke’s Lutheran Church was selected as the new project location, and the City successfully acquired the property in April 2026.
Drainage Basin 67 has a long history of flooding, including more than 160 damage reports during the 1995 storm. Updated hydrologic and hydraulic studies show that additional stormwater storage is the most effective way to lower peak water surface elevations during 10- and 100-year storm events. Updated hydraulic modeling confirms the detention basin provides the required flood-risk reduction to remove the Pomegranate Avenue neighborhood from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Special Flood Hazard Area. The detention basin functions by temporarily storing stormwater during major storms and releasing it back into the existing storm drain system as flows recede.
The project consists of constructing an engineered earthen basin connected to the existing storm drain system in Center Parkway through a pipe and flow metering vault. Construction includes excavation, storm drain installation, grading, and access road development. Once construction begins, work is expected to take roughly four months. The project is partially funded through a California Department of Water Resources grant, which expires at the end of December 2026 but may be extended as needed.
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