Title
Resolution - A Resolution to Consider Executing a Consultant Agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. in the amount of $126,500 for Professional Services Related to the Design and Feasibility Options for Phase 3A and Phase 3B of the Walnut Creek Linear Park Trail System
Requested Action
Approve a Resolution to Execute a Consultant Agreement
Recommendation
Approve Resolution
Description/History
The 2010 Parks, Recreation, Trails and Open Spaces Master plan included a spine trail phasing and prioritization plan. The second priority in this plan was trail segment “M” which is 2.25 miles of off/on street sections from James McKnight Park East through the Shops at Broad and continuing as an on-street section along Cannon Drive and Matlock Road to Elmer W Oliver Nature Park.
Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. was originally retained to provide civil engineering services for the FieldhouseUSA project, including a layout to route the trail to the Shops at Broad project from James McKnight Park East. With the Shops at Broad project currently well under development, staff is now moving forward in concert with the MPFDC strategic business plan to continue the development of the Walnut Creek trail system and complete the missing section through the Shops at Broad and east to Oliver Nature Park.
The proposed consultant agreement includes services necessary to design Trail Section 3A (James McKnight Park East to Cannon Drive) and a feasibility and options analysis for Trail Section 3B (Cannon Drive to Oliver Nature Park). The professional services proposal from Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. is attached. Funding for this phase of the project is included in the FY2019-2020 MPFDC budget. The consultant agreement was approved with a vote of 7-0 at the September 19, 2019 MPFDC regular board meeting.
Justification
Phase 3 of the Walnut Creek Linear Park trail system will provide a critical connection between the existing trail sections at James McKnight Pa...
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