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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 20, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-389 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.H. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a Resolution to Approve a Consulting Services Agreement <br />with Harris Design for Construction Support on the Siempre Verde Park <br />Rehabilitation Project, Project No. 2015.0270 <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a <br />Consulting Services Agreement (CSA) with Harris Design in the amount of $60,335.00 to <br />provide support services during the construction phase of the Siempre Verde Park <br />Rehabilitation Project, Project No. 2015.0270 <br />BACKGROUND <br />A master plan for Siempre Verde Park was completed in 2010. It envisions the entire park <br />rebuilt and reconfigured with new play structures, picnic tables, barbeques, restrooms, <br />pathways, basketball courts, exercise stations, and a smaller field with a new irrigation <br />system. In December 2014, the City received a grant from the State of California Department <br />of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to partially fund these improvements. <br />The HCD grant funds only construction costs and must be expended by June 2016. <br />Consequently, the development of construction-ready plans and specifications was expedited <br />and the project was advertised for bidding on May 29, 2015, with the bid opening scheduled <br />for August 3, 2015. <br />Analysis <br />Harris Design was selected to provide design services to prepare the construction-ready <br />documents for the subject project because they are an experienced landscape architecture <br />firm, and their past projects with the City were well received. <br />Construction of the Siempre Verde Park Rehabilitation Project will involve multiple trades and <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/14/2015