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Staff Report for a Resolution to Approve a Consulting Services Agreement with Harris Design for Construction Support on the Siempre Verde Park Rehabilitation Project, Project No. 2015.0270
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a Consulting Services Agreement (CSA) with Harris Design in the amount of $60,335.00 to provide support services during the construction phase of the Siempre Verde Park Rehabilitation Project, Project No. 2015.0270
BACKGROUND
A master plan for Siempre Verde Park was completed in 2010. It envisions the entire park rebuilt and reconfigured with new play structures, picnic tables, barbeques, restrooms, pathways, basketball courts, exercise stations, and a smaller field with a new irrigation system. In December 2014, the City received a grant from the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to partially fund these improvements.
The HCD grant funds only construction costs and must be expended by June 2016. Consequently, the development of construction-ready plans and specifications was expedited and the project was advertised for bidding on May 29, 2015, with the bid opening scheduled for August 3, 2015.
Analysis
Harris Design was selected to provide design services to prepare the construction-ready documents for the subject project because they are an experienced landscape architecture firm, and their past projects with the City were well received.
Construction of the Siempre Verde Park Rehabilitation Project will involve multiple trades and disciplines. It will include the installation of items and structures for which City staff does not have the requisite expertise and/or knowledge to oversee. Staff recommends that Harris Design and its team of sub-consultants should be retained by the City during the construction phase to provide support services, because they are familiar with...
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