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Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $205,503, Including Contingency, to BKF Engineers for the Design of the Cross Alameda Trail, Webster Street to Sherman Street through Jean Sweeney Open Space Park. (Recreation and Parks 91309)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: John A. Russo, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $205,503, Including Contingency, to BKF Engineers for the Design of the Cross Alameda Trail, Webster Street to Sherman Street through Jean Sweeney Open Space Park. (Recreation and Parks 91309)
BACKGROUND
In February 2015, the Recreation and Parks Department sent out a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the design of the Cross Alameda Trail through Jean Sweeney Open Space Park. The proposed Cross Alameda Trail will run through Jean Sweeney Open Space Park in addition to an on-street connection between Constitution Way and Webster Street to along Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway. The proposed path is approximately 4,000 feet long, and has the following components:
* Separate walkway and bikeway asphalt or concrete paths;
* Decomposed granite jogging path;
* Pedestrian, bicycle, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements as well as way-finding signs at the intersecting streets;
* Trees, irrigation and a bioswale as landscaping and urban runoff control consistent with the City's Bay Friendly Landscaping requirements and the Urban Greening Plan;
* Amenities such as benches and trash/recycle receptacles; and
* Gateway features at Constitution Way and Sherman Street.
DISCUSSION
To solicit the maximum number of bids and most competitive price, the RFP was provided to 17 separate builders' exchanges throughout the Bay Area. A notice for the RFP was sent to over 300 consultant firms on the Public Works and Recreation and Parks listings, published in the Alameda Journal, and on the City's website. Twenty firms were represented at the mandatory si...
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