Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Recommendation to City Council on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract for the Construction of the EA Randles 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: August 10th, 2023
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
CONTACT: Michael Kowski, Director of Parks and Recreation
RECOMMENDED PARK BOARD ACTION:
* Recommend that City Council approve a resolution for construction.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* The EA Randles Improvement project includes a new expanded playground and splash pad area with a basketball court, trail loop, entry signage, improved flat work and new landscaping, new pavilion, and site furnishings.
* City staff worked with Studio Outside, LLC, a landscape architecture firm, on preparing the construction plans and specifications as needed for project bidding.
* Staff, along with Studio Outside, LLC support, recommends awarding the construction bid to Millis Development and Construction - Dallas, LLC in the amount of $3,229,995.91 not to exceed $3,391,995.91.
* Action on this item will authorize a recommendation to go to City Council on September 5th.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* The City issued an Invitation to Bid (23-17CC) to solicit responses from qualified contractors for the Construction of E.A. Randles Park Improvements.
o Advertised in the McKinney Courier Gazette and Celina Record
o Posted on McKinney TV
o 1077 matching eBid Supplier Notifications which included fifty (45) Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) suppliers.
* Out of 1077 ...
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