REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Change Orders for the Raymond G. Gamma Dog Park, Increase Change Order Authority for the Reed & Grant Streets Sports Park Project and Related Budget Amendment
Report
BACKGROUND
On June 4, 2019, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2001 approving the Raymond G. Gamma Dog Park (Dog Park) schematic design update. The approval followed significant public outreach and Council action on May 21, 2019 to consider the schematic design update and pass an ordinance for purpose of publication. The approved schematic design increases the overall size of the Dog Park, adjusts the respective sizes of the small and large dog areas, changes the surfacing from natural turf to synthetic, and adjusts the ground for lower mound heights.
Design work to develop detailed plans and specifications for the revised Dog Park started immediately following the June 4 ordinance adoption and is currently in progress with expected completion by late August/early September 2019.
The Reed & Grant Street Sports Park Project (Sports Park Project) is currently under construction with an anticipated completion date of January 2020. The original scope of work for the Sports Park Project, in addition to the primary objective to provide new sports fields, consists of modifications to the existing Dog Park area including a new paved parking lot, permanent restroom building, and lighting to enable night-time use. Once construction began it was clear that temporary impacts to the Dog Park were going to be more significant than originally envisioned. Because of this, a temporary dog park was opened at Larry Marsalli Park which later became permanent, and the need to revamp the Dog Park adjacent to the Sports Park became paramount based on construction impacts, community input and Council direction to explore installation of synthetic turf and address community needs.
DISCUSSION
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