Title
Discuss and consider action to authorize the City Manager to execute Change Order #1 in the amount of $145,000.00 with Muniz Concrete & Contracting, Inc. for additional work associated with the Trail Gap Development Project.
Summary
This item has been included on the agenda to allow staff to give the City Council an update on this project and discuss a proposed Change Order for completion of two remaining trail segments.
The Trail Gap Development Project is one of the park projects that was included in the 2014 General Obligation Bond Election. The City Council adopted a Trails Master Plan in early 2014 that identified numerous potential future trail segments. The Master Plan also identified some priority segments that primarily were gaps between existing trails. The Parks & Recreation Commission reviewed the list of the gaps and recommended that the City Council include $1M in the 2014 General Obligation Bond Election to construct them.
After the successful bond election, the City selected MWM DesignGroup to provide professional services for this project. MWM DesignGroup recommended the Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity process (IDIQ) and prepared a bid package. Under an IDIQ contract, the contractor provides unit price bids based on an estimated amount of units and the City has the ability to decrease or increase the overall quantities as needed while holding the unit cost price.
The construction bid package included over 10,000 sq. ft. of concrete sidewalk, 15 curb ramps to conform with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 200 linear ft. of ADA handrail, a 100 linear ft. pedestrian bridge and other work associated with construction of the trail gaps like retaining walls and other subsidiary items.
A construction contract with Muniz Concrete & Contracting, Inc. was approved on March 8, 2016 in the not-to-exceed amount of $850,000.00 for the Trail Gap Development Project.
To-date, the contractor has completed installation of over...
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