CC MEETING: June 6, 2023
DATE: May 30, 2023
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Jonathan Wheat, P.E., Director of Engineering
Marc Guy, Assistant City Manager
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Consider Authorizing The City Manager To Approve A Construction Contract With C. Green Scaping, LP For The Hebron Parkway Guardrail And Live Screening Improvements Project On The South Of Hebron Parkway And Adjacent To The Estates Of High Country Neighborhood In An Amount Not To Exceed $772,501.00.
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BACKGROUND:
In the FY20 budget, City Council funded the second phase of the citywide Screening Wall Infill Program. Three locations were selected for in-fill walls - Webb Chapel Road (west side, from Towerwood Drive to Gateway Avenue); Hebron Parkway (south side, generally from west of Marsh Ridge Road to the Loerwald Insurance office building); and Frankford Road (both sides, from the BNSF railroad tracks to Scott Mill Road). The original budget for all three projects was $1.27 million. Based on the recommendation of the City Council Re-Development Committee, the Hebron Parkway project was the #2 priority for implementation.
The original scope of the Hebron Parkway project was to construct approximately 1,150 linear feet of 8' tall masonry wall on the south side of Hebron Parkway. The original project budget was $270,000.
As the project design advanced, it became clear that the scope would need to be altered due to significant increases in market construction costs and the multiple utility conflicts that existed within the limited available right-of-way. In addition, the property owners adjacent to the project requested that a guardrail be added to protect their properties from vehicle crashes, which would require relocation of the existing sidewalk. In May 2021, the Re-Development Committee recommended that the project scope be modified to the installation of a 10' tall wood or simulated wood fence, installation of a decorative guardrail along the Hebron Parkway frontage, and reloca...
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