Agenda Item Wording:
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Contract Award for Plaza Park Pond: Authorize the City Manager to award the construction contract with Cal Valley Construction for the Plaza Park Pond shoreline replacement in the amount of $939,500 and transfer funds from an existing ARPA Project.
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Deadline for Action: 10/7/2024
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Cody McLaughlin, Associate Engineer, Cody.Mclaughlin@visalia.city, 713-4595
Rebecca Keenan, Senior Civil Engineer, Rebecca.Keenan@visalia.city, 713-4541
Chris Crawford, City Engineer, Chris.Crawford@visalia.city, (559) 713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Engineering and Building Department Director, Jason.Huckleberry@visalia.city, (559) 713-4495
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to award a contract with Cal Valley Construction for RFB 23-24-71, Plaza Park Pond Shoreline Replacement in the amount of $939,500.
2. Approve a $520,000 budget transfer from the Keyless Entry ARPA project to the Plaza Park Pond Shoreline project.
Background Discussion:
The Plaza Park Pond is a facility that is located at Plaza Park. The pond serves as the water source for the Plaza Park irrigation system, receives water through a pipeline that connects to the agriculture well at the Valley Oaks Golf Course, and is already designed (with plumbing installed) to receive reclaim water from the wastewater treatment plant in the future, while providing an aesthetic value to the overall park experience. Over the many years of the existing facility being in use the concrete shoreline that perimeters the pond has experienced significant deterioration, cracking, and erosion. This is likely a result of aged concrete and soil settlement over the many years the pond has been in operation.
In 2018, city staff began preparing a bid package for repair and maintenance of the pond shoreline. Due to construction costs and funding shortfalls the project was ...
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