Agenda Item Wording:
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Retaining Wall Repair - Authorize the City Manager to award a contract for the Blain Park retaining wall replacement project to Anchor 41 Construction of Hanford for an amount not to exceed of $141,299.00 and appropriate an additional $42,000.00 from the General Fund.
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Deadline for Action: 9/16/2024
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 Jason Glick, Parks and Recreation Director, 713-4042, Jason.glick@visalia.gov
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends the City Council approve an appropriation of $42,000.00 from the General Fund and authorize the City Manager to award a construction contract for the removal of an existing wooden retaining wall and installation of a new block retaining wall at Blain Park to Anchor 41 Construction of Hanford, CA, in the amount of and not to exceed $141,299.00, per specifications of RFB 23-24-11.
Background Discussion:
At the June 30, 2022, City of Visalia Council Meeting, City Council approved the appropriation of $100,000.00 to the City's Capital Improvement Project Budget for the repair of the Blain Park retaining wall (CP0503). The project will remove and dispose of the old wooden retaining wall around the Blain Park restroom building which has become hazardous and unstable. The project will then install a new 172 linear foot block wall in place of the current wooden poles to match the existing wall around the nearby playground. The retaining wall keeps the bank of soil from eroding down into the sidewalk around the entrance of the restroom facility.
The Blain Park Retaining Wall Project has gone through the formal bid process three times in the past, the first in April 2016, the second in May 2016, the third in February 2017, and was incl...
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