PA0001-CS011207PARKS AND LEISURE SERVICES DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Date: December 7, 2001
To: Mayor and City Council
From: GaryD. Sims, ~LP, Director~'
Re: Consider Approval of Bid N~mber Q-1001-02 for the expansion of the parking lot
at MacArthur Park, in the amount not to exceed $249,173.00, and authorize the City
Manager to sign.
Background:
On Novamber 27, 2001 the city r~'c~ived 13 bids for the expansion of the parking lot at
MacArthur Park. Vendors supplic~ bids for a base bid item, and three alternates. This
project includes the addition o£ 54 parking spaces at the south and ofthe parking lot, as
well as 56 additional park;,~ s'~nee~ at the north end. The project will include additional
landscape and irrigation around the perimeter of the new lot, as well as in the new parking
lot islands.
The city antered into an agrecm*~':! with The Church of the Apostles on April 25, 2000,
where by the city was allowed ~..' i:: ':dl a parking lot on church property. This agreemant
stipulated the parking lot would include 192 parking spaces. Phase 1 of the MacArthur
Park devclopment included c. ~: parking spaces duc to funding constraints. Thc
addition of these 110 parking sp~,c~s will fulfill the city's agreement with The Church of
thc Apostles.
This addition is importa~t b~.~ ,, ' ~ ?'~e situation created during evening baseball games
when attandance excec~cJ ~.,,: . ~ .mt of parking spaces available. People attanding
baseball games have be,-:~ · "~ ! earch for parking outside the designated parking lot,
and oftan utilized those s: ,:.'~ ' ated for the church.
There is currently $175,000.00 bu'.'.?eted in Park Developmant Fees for the expansion of
the parking lot. It is propr, qe.' t' '~'~e differance will be borrowed fi'om undesignated
ganeral funds to be paiJ ~evelopmant Fees as they are c~.lleeted.