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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND On May 10, 2005, a formal bid opening was held for the Park Pathway Replacement Project. A total of three (3) bids were received, ranging from a high of $399,000 to a low of $287,576. The engineer's estimate was $272,000. The low bid of $287,576 was submitted by the firm of Suarez and Munoz Construction, and all bid documents were found to be in order. This contractor has not previously worked for the City, but has provided excellent references that indicate reliability and responsibility on similar municipal projects. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed project would replace the original asphalt pedestrian paths in Orloff, Harvest, Woodthrush and Walnut Grove parks with concrete similar to other City parks. Over the years, the asphalt paths in these older neighborhood parks have deteriorated and are the source of numerous maintenance call-outs and citizen complaints. Work of this type has occurred in a number of other City parks over the years, and has been overwhelmingly appreciated by park neighbors and the Parks Maintenance Division. BUDGET The Parks Capital Improvement Program (CIP) contains $290,674 for construction of this project. This amount may be sufficient to fund construction of the entire project; however, staff is recommending the transfer of $40,038 from CIP No. 017043 (the now completed Foothill Road Landscape Renovation Project) to provide a 15% construction contingency. CIP No. 017043 has a current fund balance of $73,000, and any remaining funds at the conclusion of the project would be returned to the Parks CIP. FISCAL IMPACT Staff anticipates that this project will have no impact on Park Maintenance Division costs, and will actually reduce maintenance costs for the Streets Division due to the more durable concrete surface. R~_~lly Submitted, ~ J Susan Rossi ~ Nelson Fialho D~'re(tor of Parks and Director of Finance City Manager Community Services Attachments: Proposed Contract SR 05:152 Page 2