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BACKGROUND The need to construct a City dog park was identified in the 2014 Parks and Recreation Master Plan. In response to this identified need, City staff began a community outreach program to identify the most appropriate location for the dog parks. This process evolved into finding a location for one dog park, and included hiring a landscape architecture firm to complete a conceptual design of the dog park. City Council reviewed the proposed location in the northwest corner of the Bernal Property, close to the Marylyn Murphy Kane (MMK) trail parking lot, and approved the conceptual plans prepared by Landscape Architect Tanaka Design Group on January 20, 2015. Since the Council approval of the conceptual plans, City staff has worked with Tanaka Design Group to finalize the design and prepare construction documents for the project. The size of the dog park is approximately 1.5 acres of fenced dog play area. The fenced area includes an area for small dogs and a separate larger area for large dogs. Both the small and large dog areas have dog drinking fountains, shade structures, seating, trees (with protection fencing), trash receptacles, and dog waste stations. The large dog area also includes dog play equipment: a seesaw, hoops, and a jumping stand. During the conceptual design process, City staff worked with neighbors to screen the park with earthen berms and a drought tolerant landscape. Similar to the Bernal Park Oak Woodland and Marilyn Murphy Kane Trail tree planting, the landscape will include only drought - tolerant plants suited for the climate. No permanent irrigation is planned for the landscaping, but the plantings will require hand watering during their establishment period. Finally, in order to accommodate the parking demand expected for the dog park, the Base Bid includes expansion of the existing MMK trail parking lot from 13 spaces to 25 spaces. Included in the bid documents was an Additive Alternate that if constructed, would increase the parking lot size by an additional .12 spaces, to 37 total spaces. The 12 additional spaces were treated as an Additive Alternate for budgeting reasons, meaning if the bids came in low and funding was available, staff would recommend award of the Additive Alternate. However, based on the bid results, staff is recommending that the additional spaces not be constructed at this time. For information, the Additive Alternative Bid from Cleary Bros, Landscaping is $107,495. DISCUSSION On March 16, 2016, the Bernal Property Off -Leash Dog Park was advertised for construction bid. Bidding was open to General Contractors, Landscape Contractors, and Earthwork and Grading Contractors with the requirement that the Prime Contractor be responsible to self - perform a minimum of 50% of the construction work by value. The bid opening occurred at 2:00 pm on April 6th. There were a total of four responsive bids as listed in the table on the following page: Page 2 of 4