Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Recommendation to City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Contract with Studio Outside Landscape Architecture of Dallas, Texas, for Professional Planning and Landscape Architectural Services for Additional Sports Fields at Gabe Nesbitt Park
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Enhance the Quality of Life in McKinney
(5A: Create affordable recreational and cultural arts activities for all ages throughout the city)
(5B: Develop Parks strategy to preserve green space for future park land)
(5C: Continue to market and highlight McKinney as a unique destination for residents and visitors alike)
(5E: Develop sustainable quality of life improvements within the City of McKinney)
(5F: Maximize partnerships between the City of McKinney and private industry)
MEETING DATE: January 14, 2021
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
CONTACT: Michael Kowski, Director of Parks and Recreation
RECOMMENDED PARK BOARD ACTION:
• Approval of the Recommendation.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This agenda item will authorize a professional services contract with Studio Outside Landscape Architecture, to provide planning and landscape architectural services for four new diamond fields, restroom/concession building, pavilion, parking and trail connections within Gabe Nesbitt Park.
• These improvements will be located immediately east of the existing baseball fields and south of the library and are being designed in accordance with the recent master plan update for the park.
• Ancillary improvements include additional parking, a centrally located restroom and concession building with storage, picnic pavilion and trail connections to the existing hike and bike trails that are within the park.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• Studio Outside was selected from a list of pre-qualified landscape architectural firms that Council approved on June 18, 2019.
• They recently completed an update to the master plan to assist in the completion of the remainder of the park.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• This project (PK1806) is a FY19-20 Capital Improvements Program funded by MCDC funds and Parkland Dedication Funds in an amount of $4,658,468.