Art3_RanchoCucamonga_FY19_BikePed_Day Creek_3_ExtRqst
July 13, 2023
Ginger Koblasz
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
1170 West Third Street, 2nd Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92410
SUBJECT: TDA PROJECT SECOND EXTENSION REQUEST – DAY CREEK CHANNEL BIKE TRAIL
Dear Ms. Koblasz:
The City of Rancho Cucamonga is requesting a second one-year extension on the grant award received for the
completion of the Day Creek Channel Bike Trail project awarded in July of 2019.
The right-of-way acquisition for a portion of SCE (Southern California Edison) property necessary to complete
the project has taken longer than anticipated, and the project is expected to be out to bid later than originally
scheduled. The unexpected rapid increases in material costs have also caused the design to be adjusted
accordingly to reduce the total project cost, which increases the time to finish design work. Additionally, the long
material lead times that we have seen on other recent projects indicates to us that the construction schedule
could be longer than previously anticipated.
Design work for the project is at 95% and is awaiting San Bernardino County Flood Control District’s comments
and SCE’s comments to be finalized as 100%. Once the City receives the environmental clearances and
approvals from SCE to complete the right-of-way acquisition, the project will be put out to bid in the Fall of 2023
with anticipated construction in the Winter of 2023 to Summer of 2024.
We anticipate the project will be completed before May 2024, but the City would like to request a full one-year
extension until December 2024, which will allow for unforeseen issues such as longer than anticipated
coordination, right-of-way acquisition, or long lead times for construction materials.
If you should have any questions related to this request, please don’t hesitate to contact me at (909) 774-4037
or by e-mail at Justin.Pope@cityofrc.us.
Sincerely,
ENGINEERING SERVICE DEPARTMENT
Justin Pope
Project Manager/ Associate Engineer
cc: Justine Garcia, Deputy Director of Engineering Services
Chi Chan, Assistant Engineer