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Town approves $429,500 design contract for Filimon Sanchez Sports Complex; staff say one tournament field could be ready faster
Summary
The Town of Taos approved Living Design Group’s $429,500 contract to prepare design and construction documents for Filimon Sanchez Park. Staff said the design phase should take about six months and construction roughly one year; planners also flagged a separate $62,000 traffic study and contract-administration costs.
The Taos Town Council on Tuesday approved a $429,500 contract with Living Design Group to produce design and construction documents and run community meetings for the Filimon Sanchez Sports Complex, a multi-field project intended to include three softball fields and associated amenities.
Assistant Town Manager Mark Flores and consultant Doug Patterson outlined the scope: programming and preliminary design, schematic design, design development with engineering, and final construction documents. Flores said the contract is the next step after earlier master-planning work and is intended to make the project “shovel-ready.”
Patterson said the contract phases are priced per phase; he estimated roughly six months for design and about a year for construction once bids are awarded. He noted that the layout adopted for schematic work prioritizes three tournament-standard fields, which requires a larger footprint and specific parking and circulation arrangements. Council members asked staff about schedule, concurrent options with bonding, and the cost of contract administration during construction — staff said contract administration typically runs roughly 3% of the construction cost, though that scope can be adjusted if the town provides project management capacity.
The contract uses a state CES (cooperative) contract and includes the customary 1% CES fee embedded contractually. The consultant’s scope also includes outreach; staff said a separate proposal for contract administration will be presented once the project is bid and a general contractor selected. The council approved the Living Design Group proposal by roll call.
Councilors and staff noted that one benefit of getting the design underway is the opportunity to make part of the site usable sooner; Flores said the town would pursue options to get at least one field playable earlier in the schedule if funding and construction sequencing allow. The council approved the contract by roll call with unanimous support.
