How to resolve AdBlock issue? The council will meet beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
At the start of the meeting, the council will meet October’s adoptable dogs from Clearlake Animal Control.
On the agenda is the council’s consideration of awarding the bid for Austin Park’s improvements to R&R Pacific Construction in the amount of $2,036,802.50.
Staff also is asking the council to authorize City Manager Alan Flora to approve change orders up to 10 percent of the contract amount.
The project will be built on 10 acres east of Lakeshore Boulevard and west of Uhl Avenue.
It includes an outdoor concert stage, six individual shade structures, new lawn and expansion of the current lawn area, a new irrigation system, a children’s play area, a fenced dog park, new lighting throughout the park, new parking lots on both the north and south side which include parking lot lighting, drinking fountains, new park benches and picnic tables, enhanced walking paths and Americans with Disability Act accessibility, and rehabilitation of the basketball and tennis courts, according to Consulting City Engineer David Swartz’s report to the council.
Swartz had estimated the base bid for the project at $1,609,900, with a bid additive alternative – for the portion of the project’s improvements on the west side of Lakeshore Drive – at $231,100.
Swartz’s report explains that R&R Pacific Construction was the lowest of three bidders, with a base bid estimate of $2,716,072.50 and bid additive alternative of $333,485.00.
The second-highest bidder was CWS Construction Group Inc., $3,395,140.15 for the base bid and $459,157 for the bid additive alternative.
The highest bidder, Team Ghilotti Inc., estimated the base bid at $3,815,305.85 and the bid additive alternative at $516,599.
“The City was able to negotiate a small number of times to reduce the total contract amount with R&R Construction from $2.7 million to $2,036,802.50,” Swartz wrote in his report. “The City will be actively participating with construction of this project by contributing approximately $306,000 towards the purchase of materials and public works staff will provide some installation support of some elements as installing park lighting, planting new trees, erecting shade structures, etc.”
At this time there have not been enough funds identified to include the bid additive alternate portion of the project. “The City will pursue funding for this portion of the project at a later time, “ Swartz wrote.
Swartz said the city currently has available funding of $2.365 million for the project in addition to the $100,000 contribution of Adventist Health Clear Lake. “Other contributors have also been
identified that will be supporting the completion of this invaluable community asset and will be revealed in the near future.”
If the council approves the bid award, construction is set to begin by the end of October and is scheduled to be completed by May 15, 2020, Swartz said.
In other business, council members will consider approving the report of delinquent public nuisance abatement costs and their collection on the tax roll. As part of that item, the council will hear and consider any protests to the proposed action and adopt a resolution confirming costs totaling $45,000.
Also on Thursday, the council will consider approving Mayor Russ Cremer’s appointment of a council member – unspecified in the staff report – to the Clean Water Program Management Council.
On the meeting's consent agenda – items that are not considered controversial and are usually adopted on a single vote – are warrant registers; minutes of the September council meetings; and continuation of a local emergency issued on Oct. 9, 2017, and ratified by council action on Oct. 12, 2017.
The council will have a closed session regarding existing litigation with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. after the public portion of the meeting.
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