DEPARTMENT: Public Works
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Razi Hosseini, P.E., R.P.L.S.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 9
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: Classen-Steubing Ranch Park (2017 Bond Project)
SUMMARY:
An ordinance accepting the lowest responsive bid and awarding a construction contract including seven additive alternates to Crownhill Builders, Inc. in the amount of $3,534,547.00 for the Classen-Steubing Ranch Park Project, a 2017 - 2022 General Obligation Bond and Edwards Aquifer Protection Water Quality Demonstration funded project located in Council District 9; and, authorizing the appropriation and amending of the FY 2021 - FY 2026 Capital Improvements Program Budget with funds in the amount of $348,000.00 from the Parks Donation and Contributions Fund and $71,372.00 from the Tree Canopy Preservation & Mitigation Fund for the construction of Classen-Steubing Ranch Park project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project Background
On May 6, 2017, voters approved the 2017 Bond Program, which authorized $9,150,000.00 to acquire and develop the Classen-Steubing Ranch property for park purposes. The Classen-Steubing Ranch Park comprises about 240 acres of land located in the Stone Oak area, northwest of 1604 and 281. Input from the community was gathered regarding the park's development as part of an extensive public outreach process completed in the form of five separate public meetings conducted between March 2018 and January 2020.
The project will provide open playing fields, parking lots, a playground, trails, restrooms, and pavilions. The seven additive alternates accepted as part of this contract will include the construction and installation of a small pavilion with an associated trail, a northeast softball field, concrete loop trail extension, additional porous and permeable parking lot spaces, 12 additional front parking lot spaces, 40 main field parking spaces, additional trees and irrigation. Construction is anticipated to begin in February 2021 and ...
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