The request of staff for City Council is to review the attached bid tabulation sheet and engineer’s recommendation memo and consider for approval and award of the sole bid submitted by Augustine Construction, Incorporated in the amount not to exceed $992,000 for the 2019 Gloria Swanson Parking Lot Improvements Project.

Subsequent to the Downtown Parking Study presentation to City Council on December 19, 2017, the Genesis Group was tasked with the creation of a Downtown Parking Implementation Study to further refine the parking strategies identified in the Downtown Parking Study. This study was presented to City Council at a September 18, 2018 City Council work session.  Included in the study were specific capital improvement projects that would increase the available parking.  In addition, the study identified capital improvement projects that would improve pedestrian access to both existing and proposed parking facilities.  Included in proposed capital improvement projects are cost proposals, short, medium, and long term identification, and estimated implementation schedules.  It was during the work session that the need for additional parking near the Hacienda Hotel was an identified as an immediate concern due to the possible grand opening of the hotel.  Primary parking lot improvements to the Gloria Swanson parking lot were presented to City Council.  These improvements included the addition of 20 parking spaces, landscape, hardscape, paving, streetscape expansion, and lighting.  Subsequent to the presentation, City Council directed staff to proceed with engineering services for design, bid, and construct the improvements.

On October 25, 2019 the City opened one (1) sole bid for the construction project from Augustine Construction Incorporated in the amount not to exceed $992,000.  The engineer of record has reviewed the bid documents and has determined that the lump sum bid amount is lower that the engineer’s probable cost estimate for the construction project.  Augustine Construction, Incorporated has worked with the City on several projects and has met City standards for those projects.