Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Contract with Dunaway Associates, L.P. of Fort Worth, Texas, for Landscape Architectural and Engineering Services for the Wattley Park Improvement Project
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)
MEETING DATE: March 1, 2022
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
CONTACT: Michael Kowski, Director of Parks and Recreation
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* Dunaway Associates, L.P. prepared a master plan in 2020 of Wattley Park located at 912 Charleston St. The plan developed a conceptual design for improvements and established a budget for implementation.
* The list of possible improvements includes a new play structure, pavilion, refurbished basketball court, looped hike and bike trail, reconfigured parking, and site furnishings, which are all reflected in the above-mentioned approved master plan.
* Based upon their master plan design and quality of work, they were requested to provide design and construction administration services for the completion of the project.
* This agenda item will authorize a professional services contract with Dunaway Associates, L.P. to provide landscape architectural and engineering services for Wattley Park Improvements in a contract amount of $209,620 and not to exceed $220,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* The construction of this project will follow the Voluntary Clean-Up Program (VCP) and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) project to place a soil cap on a portion of the...
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