REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Engineering Division
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ, PE, Supervising Professional Engineer
Public Works Department, Transportation Project Management
SUBJECT
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Approve an agreement for Professional Engineering Services with Provost and Pritchard Consulting Group for $1,650,000, with a $62,500 contingency, for design and construction support services for the River West Eaton Trail Extension Project (Council District 2)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve an agreement for Professional Engineering Services with Provost and Pritchard Consulting Group for $1,650,000, with a $62,500 contingency, for design and construction support services for the River West Eaton Trail Extension and authorize the Public Works Director or designee to execute the agreement on behalf of the City of Fresno.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The approval of this agreement will allow the City of Fresno to begin and complete final engineering design plans, specifications, construction estimates for the River West Eaton Trail Extension Project. The project will extend the existing Lewis S. Eaton Trail approximately 2.4 miles starting at the Perrin Avenue alignment near Highway 41 and ending at the City's Spano Park near Palm Avenue. The trail will be approximately 22-feet-wide, with a 12-foot-wide paved surface, a parallel 8-foot-wide hard natural surface for equestrian use, and a 2-foot shoulder in accordance with the San Joaquin River Conservancy Master Plan.
BACKGROUND
In 2018, the San Joaquin River Conservancy updated the San Joaquin River Parkway Interim Master Plan (Master Plan) that was originally adopted in 1997. The updated Master Plan describes public access and recreational improvements along a 22-mile stretch of the San Joaquin River between Friant Dam and Highway 99. This update provided a pl...
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