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Municipal Utilities &Engineering Department
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Redlands,CA 92373
909-798-7698
October 5, 2021
Ginger Koblasz
San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
1170 W. 3r¢ Street,2°d Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92410
City of Redlands Orange Blossom Trail: Transportation Development Act Grant Time Extension
Dear Ms.Koblasz,
As you are aware,the Orange Blossom Trail Phase III Project(Project)design is currently near completion.
As part of the project, a decomposed granite trail from I-10 Freeway to California Street and asphalt
concrete trail from Alabama Street to Tennessee Street, will be constructed within San Bernardino Flood
Control (Flood Control)right of way in Redlands(City).
Previously, the City has submitted revised design drawings to Flood Control which includes an additional
reach from Bryn Mawr Ave. to the I-10 Freeway and additional drainage design. The additional drainage
design adds a trench drain,catch basin,and culvert in order to address a drainage issue found when revising
the Water Quality Management Plan. These additions to the project will require an amendment to the
Common Use Agreement made with Flood Control and additional hydrology and hydraulic calculations.
Also, the new drainage design has triggered the need for Storm Water Construction General Permit and
Water Board Certification.
Currently,the City has received a waiver from the Water Board determining that the Construction General
Permit is not needed. However, the City did not foresee the amount of resubmittals needed to obtain the
Flood Control permit. There has been a need for five resubmittals to Flood Control since the beginning of
calendar year 2021 alone. As of October 4, 2021 Flood Control has stated to the City that the permit is
ready to be sent for signature pending one conditional.The City has fulfilled that conditional on October 5,
2021 and is now awaiting the permit or reply from Flood Control. The City is prepared to put this project
out to bid as soon as the permit is obtained.
In the award letter for the grant, dated July 11, 2013, the anticipated completion date was June 30, 2016.
The City is appreciative of the subsequent time extension requests granted and is, once again, formally
requesting another time extension to December 31,2022 to complete the project.
Should you have any questions regarding the City's time extension request,please contact me at(909)798-
7584 ext. 4.
Thank you,
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GERARD NEPOMCTCENO
Associate Engineer
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