Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Parks And Recreation topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council approves $603,979 engineering contract for Violet Andrews Park improvements
Summary
Council awarded a not-to-exceed $603,979 contract to HDR Inc. for preliminary engineering on Violet Andrews Park shoreline and amenities upgrades, funded by grants and donations; staff will return with an opinion of probable cost to guide construction funding.
Portland City Council voted Feb. 4 to approve a preliminary engineering services agreement with HDR Inc. for improvements at Violet Andrews Park, a shoreline park popular with kiteboarders and local families.
The contract is not to exceed $603,979 and will fund a 60%-design phase that includes surveys, geotechnical work, habitat assessment, permitting support and public outreach. Council and staff said the outreach and studies will generate an opinion of probable construction cost the council can use to pursue grants and donations for implementation.
Staff said the contract scope and budget were shaped to fit within recently awarded grant funding for the next phase. The project’s recent funding includes a donation of $50,000 from Cheniere Energy and roughly $554,000 in grant awards distributed by the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program. Staff told the council the $603,979 not-to-exceed amount was chosen to stay within the approximately $604,000 available for the engineering phase.
HDR project manager Philip Blackmar told council the firm will use a largely local team, including coastal and landscape architecture specialists, to refine earlier conceptual work and to plan for shoreline stabilization, beach and kiteboarding access, vegetation management and visualizations for public meetings. HDR will also identify permitting constraints and potential grant opportunities in this phase.
The city described the project as a multi-phase effort; Anchor QEA completed a high-level conceptual plan in a prior phase and HDR’s work will provide the next level of detail. Council directed staff to return with the final report and the opinion of probable cost after the engineering phase, at which point the council would decide whether to pursue construction funding and the full design.
The motion to approve the HDR agreement passed on a council vote. The contract award authorizes the city manager to negotiate and execute associated documents.
