DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Xavier D. Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 10
SUBJECT:
Laurens Lane Hike and Bike Trail Connection - (Ira Lee Road to Salado Creek Greenway)
SUMMARY:
This ordinance accepts the lowest qualified bid and awards a construction contract to CGC General Contractors, Inc. in the amount of $265,000.00 from the Council District 10 Infrastructure Improvements Project, funded from Certificates of Obligation and Tax Notes. The contractor will perform construction work in connection with the Laurens Lane Hike and Bike Trail Connection Project from Ira Lee Road to Salado Creek Greenway, located in Council District 10.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The proposed construction project is part of a growing network of interconnected hike and bike trails now known as the Howard W. Peak Greenway Trails system, which is primarily funded through sales tax initiatives approved by voters in May of 2000, May of 2005 and November of 2010. The objectives of the program are to acquire and preserve open space along San Antonio creekways and to develop multi-use hike and bike trails, trailheads, signage and associated amenities for use by San Antonio residents and visitors. This neighborhood trail connection from Laurens Lane and Ira Lee Road to the Salado Creek Greenway was funded and prioritized as part of the Council District 10 Infrastructure Improvements Project.
This ordinance will authorize the construction of a hike and bike trail that will connect neighborhoods near Ira Lee Road and Laurens Lane to the Salado Central Greenway trail at Tobin Park. The project will consist of a 0.3-mile long concrete trail, signage, associated trail amenities and improvements. Design work was performed by Slay Engineering Co. Inc. These improvements will become unique additions to the municipal park system's creekways program for hiking, biking, and other recreational uses.
The Request for Low Qualif...
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