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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Suarez & Munoz Construction, Inc., for Jean Sweeney Open Space Park Trail Connector Improvements for a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $821,000, including Contingency; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Capital Budget Reappropriating $134,000 from Capital Improvement Program (CIP) C63000, $210,000 from CIP C63100, and $50,000 from CIP C65010 to CIP C65010 Increasing Revenue and Expenditure Appropriations by $394,000.
This action is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land). Additionally, in 2014 the City Council adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Jean Sweeney Park Master Plan, of which the trail connector improvements authorized by this action are one component. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15163, none of the circumstances necessitating further CEQA review are present. (Recreation and Park 10051400)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Jean Sweeney Open Space Park (Sweeney Park) trail connectors are part of the Low Stress Bikeway Vision Network, and people of all ages and abilities will use these trail connectors to travel safely around Alameda. The trails were approved in the 2014 Sweeney Park Master Plan. Staff requests City Council award a contract to Suarez & Munoz Construction, the lowest responsive bidder, in an amount not-to-exceed $821,000, including contingency, to construct these trail connectors. In addition, staff requests City Council approve the proposed budget resolution to transfer funds between capital improvement projects to fully fund the project.
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda (City) constructed the segment of the Cross Alameda Trail through Sweeney Park in 2018. Since the opening of the trail many community members ha...
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