DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 2
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: (Job-Order Contract) Japanese Tea Gardens - Flagstone Paving
SUMMARY:
An ordinance for the Japanese Tea Gardens Improvement Project authorizing a task order to a Job Order Contract with The Sabinal Group, in an amount not to exceed $165,436.08, a 2012 Bond funded project, located in Council District 2.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project Background
The 2012 - 2017 General Obligation Bond Program approved $750,000.00 for general facility improvements to the Japanese Tea Gardens. In 2012, the City of San Antonio's Parks and Recreation Department entered into a Funding Agreement with the San Antonio Parks Foundation to improve the observation deck at the Japanese Tea Garden for a total of $250,000.00. The remaining funds were to be utilized for construction of a perimeter fence, wall stabilization and flagstone paving at the Japanese Tea Gardens.
The Project provides for the construction of flagstone paving within the area of the Pavilion and the Jingu House and will replace the current "limestone gravel chat" in the same area. This phase of the Project will begin in July 2016 and will be complete in October 2016. The pricing of the flagstone is approximately $30 per square foot. Factors that contributed to this higher than average pricing include several factors. First, the "limestone gravel chat" must be removed by a Texas Historic Commission approved mason which automatically limits the contractors that perform such work. Secondly the layout of the Tea Gardens provides poor access for the contractor, and requires each and every stone or rock to be removed and hand carried to the dump site the contractor provides. A tractor cannot be driven through the Gardens. Lastly, the contractor has to coordinate the project around the Japanese Tea Gardens Committee events sch...
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