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Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $3,353,576, Including Contingencies, to McGuire and Hester, for Cross Alameda Trail - Jean Sweeney Improvements Project, No. P.W. 05-16-11; Approve a $900,000 Interfund Loan for the Financing of Cross Alameda Trail - Jean Sweeney Improvements Project; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2016-17. (Recreation and Parks 280)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $3,353,576, Including Contingencies, to McGuire and Hester, for Cross Alameda Trail - Jean Sweeney Improvements Project, No. P.W. 05-16-11; Approve an Interfund Loan for the Financing of Cross Alameda Trail - Jean Sweeney Improvements Project and Adoption of Resolution Amending the Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18
BACKGROUND
Jean Sweeney Open Space Park (Sweeney Park) is planned to be a new, 27-acre community park located in the central west area of the island. This site is the former Alameda Beltline Railroad property that was secured by the City at its original purchase price due to the advocacy efforts of long-time resident Jean Sweeney. The property is bounded by Constitution Way, Atlantic Avenue, and Sherman Street. The Cross Alameda Trail is a wide, lighted and paved trail that is 21 feet wide and 3,600 feet long with dedicated bike lanes in each direction, a pedestrian lane, and a jogging path made of decomposed granite for a softer surface. It will connect with the Cross Alameda Trail along Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway to the west and along Clement Avenue to the east. The Cross Alameda Trail Feasibility Study, adopted in 2005, laid the groundwork for a 4-mile long bicycle and pedestrian trail that will cross the entire island from Main Street to Broadway and provide a safe and convenient route for bicyclists and pedestrians between Alameda's residential neighborhoods and transit acce...
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