DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 2
SUBJECT:
Funding Agreement: Brackenridge Park / Witte Museum Parking Garage Expansion Project
SUMMARY:
An ordinance for the Brackenridge Park / Witte Museum Parking Garage Expansion, a 2017-2022 Bond funded Project, authorizing the execution of a Funding Agreement between the City of San Antonio and The Witte Museum in an amount not to exceed $2,594,096.93 of which $500,000.00 will be from the 2018 Deferred Maintenance Fund and $94,096.93 from the Energy Efficiency Fund for facility expansion and site improvements to the parking garage located near The Witte Museum on Avenue B in Brackenridge Park, located in Council District 2.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On May 6, 2017, San Antonio residents voted and approved the 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond Program totaling $850 million. The existing Brackenridge Park / Witte Museum Parking Garage is a 118,464 square foot facility located on Avenue B in Brackenridge Park, near The Witte Museum in Council District 2. This agreement will allow for improvements with $2,000,000.00 allocated from 2017-2022 Bond Funds, $500,000.00 allocated from the 2018 Deferred Maintenance Fund and $94,096.93 from the Office of Sustainability’s Energy Efficiency Fund.
The improvements to the existing parking garage include construction of an additional floor of parking to expand parking capacity by approximately 117 new spaces, a new pedestrian entrance on the facility’s northeast corner for improved access to the Park and Museum and associated site work, landscaping and irrigation improvements as well as lighting retrofits to ensure more sustainable fixtures are in place. The Witte Museum will construct the improvements to the Brackenridge Park / Witte Museum Parking Garage in accordance with the bond brochure and funding agreement to ensure continued use by the general public. The City’s funding will be provided on a reimbursement basis and once the construction is verified and approved. Construction activities are anticipated to begin upon execution of the agreement and estimated for completion by August 2019.
Small Business
This agreement will be executed in compliance with the Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA) Program, which requires contracts be reviewed by a Goal Setting Committee to establish a requirement and/or incentive unique to the particular contract in an effort to maximize the amount of small, minority, and women-owned business participation on the contract. The Goal Setting Committee set a 28% Minority and/or Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) and 4% African American Business Enterprise AABE subcontracting goal.
ISSUE:
This ordinance for the Brackenridge Park / Witte Museum Parking Garage Expansion, a 2017-2022 Bond funded Project, authorizes the execution of a Funding Agreement between the City of San Antonio and the Witte Museum in an amount not to exceed $2,594,096.93 including $500,000.00 from the 2018 Deferred Maintenance Fund and $94,096.93 from the Office of Sustainability’s Energy Efficiency Fund for facility expansion and site improvements to the parking garage located near The Witte Museum on Avenue B in Brackenridge Park, located in Council District 2.
This Funding Agreement provides funding in the amount of $2,000,000.00 for the expansion of the existing parking garage including construction of an additional floor which was included in the 2017 Bond Program. Not included in the Bond Project is a new pedestrian entrance on the facility’s northeast corner and associated site work, landscaping and irrigation improvements, as well as lighting retrofits to ensure more sustainable fixtures are in place. These improvements are funded with $594,096.93 from the Deferred Maintenance Fund and Energy Efficiency Fund.
Construction activities are anticipated to begin upon execution of the agreement and estimated for completion by August 2019.
ALTERNATIVES:
City Council could choose not to approve this agreement. However, doing so would delay the City from moving forward with its commitment to voters to provide funding towards the Brackenridge Park / Witte Museum Parking Garage Expansion Project and would delay improvements to the facility.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This ordinance authorizes a Funding Agreement with The Witte Museum in an amount not to exceed $2,594,096.93. Funds in the amount of $2,000,000.00 are available from the 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond and included in the FY 2018-2023 Capital Improvement Program. Additionally, $500,000.00 will be transferred to the Deferred Maintenance Fund. The $500,000.00 is being redirected from the FY 2018 budgeted Brackenridge Park River Walls Improvements Project as the project will not be ready for construction until FY 2019. Finally, $94,096.93 will be transferred from the Energy Efficiency Fund.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends authorizing this Funding Agreement with The Witte Museum in an amount not to exceed $2,594,096.93 for facility expansion and site improvements to the parking garage located near The Witte Museum on Avenue B in Brackenridge Park, located in Council District 2.