Agenda Item Wording:
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Picnic Table Removal and Replacement - Authorize the City Manager to Award RFB No. 23-24-38 Park Picnic Table Removal and Replacement Project at Various Parks to Mountain Vista Construction of Visalia, CA, for an amount not to exceed of $336,273.00.
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Deadline for Action: 8/19/2024
Submitting Department: Community Services
Contact Name and Phone Number: Daryl Tillman, Park Maintenance Supervisor 713-4435; daryl.tillman@visalia.city Alvin Dias, Parks and Facilities Manager 713-4564; alvin.dias@visalia.city John Lollis, Assistant City Manager 713-4323; john.lollis@visalia.city
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the award of a construction contract for the removal of existing concrete picnic tables and installation of new steel picnic tables at Whitendale, Blain and Ruiz Parks to Mountain Vista Construction of Visalia, CA, in the amount of and not to exceed $336,273.00, per specifications of RFB No. 23-24-38.
Background Discussion:
At its meeting on December 20, 2021, the City Council approved the appropriation of $29,364,455 from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), of which $3,900,000 were appropriated for citywide park improvements. There are several park projects that are slated to be completed with these funds, such as shade structures, arbor replacement, updating park amenities, and park playground replacement. Staff identified three parks that contained old damaged concrete tables that needed replacement, including Whitendale Park, Blain Park and Ruiz Park.
The Picnic Table Removal and Replacement Project will include the removal of twenty (20) eight-foot (8') concrete picnic tables, installation of fifteen (15) six-foot (6') steel picnic tables, and three (3) six-foot (6') ADA-compliant steel picnic tables at Whitendale Park; removal of nineteen (19) eight-foot (8') concrete picnic tables, one (1) eight-foot (8') steel picnic table,...
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