DEPARTMENT: Parks, Facilities, and Fleet Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Professional Design Service Contract With Miller Dunwiddie For New Fischer Avenue Trailhead In Spring Lake Park Reserve
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a professional service contract with Miller Dunwiddie for design and construction consulting services for a new greenway trailhead along Fischer Avenue within Spring Lake Park Reserve, County Project (CP) 2000237.
SUMMARY
The Parks Capital Improvement Program (Parks CIP) Adopted Budget includes a project to design and construct a trailhead along Fischer Avenue within Spring Lake Park Reserve. The project will provide a destination for people traveling along the All-American Great River Road, which provides access to Spring Lake Park Reserve (SLPR), its trail network, and amenities such as the newly opened Bison Range.
Specifically, the project will include improvements to Fischer Avenue, a new parking lot with ADA-accessible parking stalls, a bus drop-off lane, a picnic shelter with restrooms, charging stations for electric bicycles and wheelchairs, trash/recycling receptacles, benches, pedestrian scale lighting, and wayfinding & interpretive signage. New paved trail connections will link the trailhead to the MN River Greenway (MRG) and form a Bison Range interpretive trail loop.
Capital Projects Management staff developed a Request for Proposals (RFP) for design services. The RFP was issued to the public via the internet on January 12, 2024. Seven Proposals were received on February 9, 2024. After reviewing and evaluating the Proposals, staff invited four consultant firms to interviews on February 22, 2024. Following interviews and discussion, staff reached a unanimous decision to recommend Miller Dunwiddie to provide the specified services. See attached Consultant Selection Summary.
consultants submitted proposals as follows:
Labor Reimbursable Total Fee Hours Blended R...
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