CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 15, 2017
PREPARED BY: Yat Cho - Senior Project Manager/Engineering & Utilities Department
Chris Ghione - Director/Community Services Department
APPROVED BY: City Manager
TITLE
AWARD OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKS PROJECT
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
RECOMMENDATION
1. Adopt a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2016/17 Budget and appropriating an additional $2,053,000 from the Park Impact Fund (301);
2. Approve project plans and specifications;
3. Award contract to Suarez and Munoz Construction, Inc. for the Downtown Parks Project in the amount of $5,030,000;
4. Authorize the expenditures of construction contingency funds not to exceed $503,000; and
5. Authorize the City Manager to execute the contract.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES, GOALS & STRATEGIES:
Ongoing Priorities
Enhancing Public Safety
Supporting Youth
Protecting the Environment
2016 Focus Areas
Developing Our Community
Enhancing Our Services
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS:
1. Understanding that approximately 35 percent of construction costs would be paid for by grant funds, should the City:
a. Move forward with the full project, or
b. Eliminate alternative options with the potential to save $577,500 in Park Impact funds for other projects identified in the draft Bikeways, Trails, Parks and Recreation Master Plan?
2. Should the City construct a downtown restroom with the understanding that additional ongoing maintenance costs will be incurred?
3. Should the City consider investing in public art within these parks?
REPORT NARRATIVE:
Background
The initiation of the downtown park project began in February 2014, when the City Council directed staff to begin work on the Downtown Placemaking Investment Strategy. As the strategy unfolded the parks became a key component of planning the future downtown area, with the park sites being identified at opposite ends of Third Street "bookending" the center of downtown. The parks concepts were designed through extensi...
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