Title
Discuss and consider action to approve a Professional Services Agreement with RVI Planning, Inc. in the amount of $125,000 for the preparation of a Trails Master Plan and Parks Development Plan and authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement to include funding from the FY 2013 General Capital Reserve Fund.
Summary
The City of Pflugerville solicited requests for qualifications from engineering and landscape architectural firms to develop a Trails Master Plan and Parks Development Plan for the City of Pflugerville.
The requests stated that the selected firm would perform the following tasks:
1. Trail Master Plan
a. Develop a Trails Master Plan for the City of Pflugerville.
b. Determine trail project priorities for the next five years (fiscal years 2013-2017).
c. Develop construction estimates for each of the trail project priorities.
d. Develop a pocket trail map brochure.
e. Develop a design for trail name signs, trail kiosks, and a trail wayfinding program.
2. Park Development Plans
a. Develop a program for each of the following undeveloped park parcels:
· Highland
· Pflugerville Heights
· Highland Park North
· Black Locust
· Pfennig Pfields
· Kelly Lane
· Springbrook
· Pecan
· Swenson
· Kuempel
· Murchison
· Mallard Pond
b. Develop a general layout of each park with a cost estimate for construction and for operations and maintenance.
c. Develop a prioritization for park construction.
Status
Staff has completed negotiations with RVI Planning, Inc. and presents a scope of work in this professional services agreement that staff believes will fulfill the needs of this project. The City Attorney has reviewed the proposed professional services agreement.
Prior City Council Action
City Council authorized the City Manager to enter into negotiations for this project with RVI Planning, Inc. on August 14, 2012.
Fiscal Impact
The trail analysis and park development plan were included for funding in the 2012 General Capital Reserve (GCR). As staf...
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