DATE: February 28, 2023
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Approving Plans and Specifications and Call for Bids for the La Vista Park Project No. 06914
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) approving the plans and specifications, and call for bids to be received on March 28, 2023, for the La Vista Park Project No. 06914.
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SUMMARY
Since 2017, the City of Hayward and the Hayward Area Recreation and Parks District (HARD) have worked towards a shared vision of constructing and operating La Vista Park, a new destination park in South Hayward, east of the intersection of Mission Boulevard and Tennyson Road. The addition of a destination park will create a much-needed amenity and attraction for the City and the entire region.
The La Vista Park Project will ultimately construct a fifty-acre regional facility that will include a number of park and recreational facilities, including a sport field/amphitheater, basketball courts, a yoga lawn, a dog park, hiking trails, a bike terrain park, among other amenities.
The adopted FY23 CIP budget includes a total project budget appropriation of $23.27M (Fund 405) to design & construct La Vista Park. The engineer’s estimated cost for construction of the La Vista Park without contingency is $25M, which brings the total estimated project cost to over $35M so the engineer’s estimate is greater than the appropriated budget. To work around this and be able to proceed, staff has prepared alternate bids with this bid package, which allows the project to be phased into multiple phases depending on how the bids are received. It is intended that at least the first phase would be awarded this year to construct a majority of the park features and the subsequent phases will be constructed in the future when additional funding is obtained.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) addendum analysis for La Vista Park was completed and presented to Council on September 28, 2021, with no further action required per the adopted Resolution 21-195.
On November 15, 2016, Council adopted a resolution authorizing a Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) with the Alameda County Building Trades Council (BTC), which applies to City projects with construction costs of $1,000,000 or more. The agreement requires contractors to use local union hiring halls, encourages contractors to employ Hayward residents or Hayward Unified School District graduates, and requires hired workers to pay union dues and other benefit trust fund contributions, etc. Because the construction cost estimate for the La Vista Park project is more than $1,000,000, the CWA agreement applies to this project.
Council Infrastructure Committee Review
An update on the project was provided to the Council Infrastructure Committee (CIC) on September 29, 2021.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution