DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Homer Garcia III, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: District 2
SUBJECT:
Construction Contract for the Wilshire Terrace Trail Connection Project
SUMMARY:
This ordinance accepts the lowest qualified bid and awards a construction contract to ASD Consultants, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $776,696.00 for the Wilshire Terrace Trail Connection Project located in Council District 2. Funding in the amount of $576,696.00 is available from the voter approved Sales Tax Venue funds included in the FY 2020 - FY 2025 Capital Improvement Program and $200,000.00 is available for supplemental trees and irrigation from the Tree Canopy Preservation and Mitigation Fund FY 2020 Adopted Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
This ordinance approves a construction contract with ASD Consultants, Inc. for the Wilshire Terrace Trail Connection Project, which is intended to provide access from Wilshire Terrace Park to the Salado Creek Greenway. The project also includes tree plantings, an irrigation system for future tree establishment and maintenance, and a low-impact development feature to filter water from adjacent streets before it enters Salado Creek.
Design work was performed by Terra Design Group. The Wilshire Park Trail Connection consists of one segment of concrete multi-use trail and is approximately 0.25 miles long and 8 feet wide. The project construction includes a trailhead with signage and boulder seating, a bioswale, a low water crossing, drainage culverts, retaining walls, landscaping, tree plantings, irrigation, and other amenities.
The proposed project is part of a growing network of interconnected hike and bike trails known as the Howard W. Peak Greenway Trails system, which is funded through sales tax initiatives approved by voters in 2000, 2005, 2010, and 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 t...
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