DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Janet A. Martin, Interim Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 9
SUBJECT:
Design Contract Amendment for the Howard W. Peak Greenway Trail System
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes an amendment of a Professional Services Agreement in the amount of $620,000.00 and authorizes payment for $60,000.00 in contingency and up to $60,000.00 in required project fees from the 2015 Proposition 2 Sales Tax Initiative to Bain Medina Bain, Inc. in the total amount of $740,000.00 to provide design and construction administration for an additional 3.5-mile extension of the Howard W. Peak Greenway Trail System along Salado Creek from Loop 1604 to Eisenhower Park in Council District 9.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Greenway Trail System has been funded through a portion of a 1/8-cent voter-approved sales tax since its inception in 2000. 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.
On June 12, 2014, City Council approved a professional services agreement with Bain Medina Bain in an amount up to $809,634.00, through Ordinance 2014-06-12-0442. Under this agreement, Bain Medina Bain, Inc. has begun design on two trail segments: the Leon Creek Greenway (I-10 to Eisenhower Park) in Council District 8 and Salado Creek Greenway (Huebner Road to Loop 1604) in Council District 9.
To complete the full connection between the Leon and Salado Creek Greenway Trail systems, an additional 3.5 mile extension needs to be designed and subsequently constructed along Salado Creek from Loop 1604 to Eisenhower Park. At the time of the original professional services agreement, the City had not acquired the necessary land to perform planning, design and construction for this segment. Because the land is now available,...
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