DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Xavier D. Urrutia
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 7
SUBJECT:
Leon Vista Trailhead Parking Expansion Project
SUMMARY:
This ordinance accepts the lowest qualified bid and awards a construction contract to Industrial Construction Co. in the amount of $179,942.10 from the 2005 Sales Tax Venue funds and authorizes $51,991.41 from the 2010 Sales Tax Venue funds for contingency and other project costs for a total amount of $231,933.51 and appropriates funds in connection with the Leon Vista Trailhead Parking Expansion Project located in Council District 7.
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 funded through sales tax initiatives approved by voters in May of 2000, May of 2005, November of 2010, and May of 2015. 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 ordinance will authorize the construction of a parking expansion project at the Leon Vista Trailhead. The project will consist of 28 additional parking stalls at the Leon Vista Trailhead located at 8561 Rochelle Street. The additional parking and adjacent trailhead will include low impact development (LID) features such as permeable parking stalls and a bio swale/ rain garden. Additionally, the scope includes proposing a new layout for the trail head with new signage to improve the flow of pedestrian and bicycle traffic to the trail. Design work was performed by Ford Engineering, 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 Qualified Bids was advertised the third and f...
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