Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Recommendation to City Council Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Contract with Dunaway Associates, L.P., of Fort Worth, Texas for Professional Landscape Architectural and Engineering Services for the Renovations of Murphy Park and Mary Will Craig 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)
MEETING DATE: November 12, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
CONTACT: Michael Kowski, Director of Parks and Recreation
RECOMMENDED PARK BOARD ACTION:
* Approval of the Recommendation.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* Staff reviewed the priorities/needs/costs among the various master plans that have recently been completed and selected Murphy Park and Mary Will Craig Park as the first to move into design development for construction.
* Dunaway Associates completed the master plans and opinion of probable construction costs for Murphy Park and Mary Will Craig Park in October 2020.
* Based upon their master plan design and quality of work, Dunaway is requested to provide design and construction administration service for Murphy Park and Mary Will Craig Park.
* This agenda item will authorize a professional services contract with Dunaway Associates, L.P., to provide landscape architectural and engineering services to renovate Murphy Park and Mary Will Craig Park in a contract amount of $392,395 and to not exceed $407,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* Murphy Park - 1601 W. Josephine. Built in the early 1950's and renovated in the early 1990's.
* Mary Will Craig - 2701 Bois D'Arc Road. Built in 1998.
* Dunaway Associates was...
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