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McAllen approves police training design contract, awards park improvements and signs final repaving change order
Summary
The commission awarded an $848,000 architectural contract for an indoor police training range, awarded a $61,107 contract for Suarez Park improvements and approved a final change order increasing the 2025 single‑machine repaving contract by about $129,000.
The McAllen City Commission on June 9 approved multiple capital contracts: an architectural design contract for an indoor police firearms training range, a construction award for sidewalk and parking improvements at Suarez Park and a final change order for the city’s single‑machine repaving work.
The largest item was the design contract for a police training facility at 2800 West Oxford. City staff described the facility as roughly 28,000 square feet with 15 training lanes for handgun and rifle use. Staff reported they negotiated a lump‑sum design fee of $840,000 (described as roughly 8% of estimated construction cost) plus $8,000 in reimbursables, for a total contract amount of $848,000 with Negrete Kohler Architects LLP of Austin, Texas. Staff said the design will allow possible future expansion and that the contract covers design only.
Parks and public‑works business: The commission also accepted the parks department’s recommendation and awarded a construction contract to Celso Gonzales Construction of Mission, Texas, for sidewalk and parking improvements at Suarez Park in the amount of $61,107. The parks presenter said Celso Gonzales submitted the lowest responsive bid.
Street maintenance reconciliation: City staff presented change order number 1 and final reconciliation for the 2025 single‑machine repaving contract. The net effect was an increase of $129,195.21 due largely to an increase in labor costs and the decision to accelerate repaving of a subdivision off Main and Jay earlier than originally scheduled; staff said drainage work accompanies that repaving.
Votes and next steps: The commission voted to award and approve each contract item in separate motions. Staff said the design contract remains open to additional participants if another agency or partner chooses to join the project; no financing commitments for construction were approved at the June 9 meeting. The Suarez Park contract will proceed under the city’s procurement and construction inspection processes, and the repaving reconciliation will be recorded as the final contract closeout.
