The request of staff for City Council is to review and consider for approval the Final Deductive Change Order in the amount of ($195,211.91) and the Final Pay Request in the amount of $129,579.74 from Dallas 1 Construction and Development for the completion of the 2014/2015 Multi-Use Path (River Walk to Rec. Center) Project.     

As Council may recall, the scope of this project was the construction of an eight foot wide multi-use path connecting to the City's existing Riverwalk at Grand Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue, heading east tying into the existing Morton Plant North Bay Hospital Wellness trail and the City's Recreation and Aquatic Center.  The purpose of the path is to fulfill Council's desire to one day have a connection to the Starkey Trail and the Pinellas Trail as to create a point of destination to the Downtown area once all phases are completed.         

This project contained a do not exceed budget amount of $768,484.00.  The deductive change order was the result of construction adjustments due to field conditions which resulted in lower miscellaneous road material quantities used and the non expenditure of the owners contingency.  This resulted in a final cost for construction of $573,272.09.