Sunnyvale council approves Trip/Jobson drainage and trail design, green‑ribbon Collins Road contract; authorizes settlements and utility releases

Sunnyvale Town Council on Monday approved an engineering design contract to replace failing culverts and create a trail connection at the Tripp Road/Jobson Road intersection, awarded a construction contract for the South Collins Green Ribbon landscaping project, received quarterly financial and investment updates, and authorized two settlement and release agreements following an executive session.

The council voted unanimously on the two contract awards and later approved, also unanimously, authorization for the town manager to sign a pending settlement agreement and to execute releases of claims related to utility billing overages.

The engineering design contract for the Tripp/Jobson area will be with McManus & Payne Consulting Engineers LLC for $133,600 to survey and design drainage improvements and a trail connection from the northeast corner of Tripp and Jobson to the Samuel Farms trail network, according to town engineer Matt Holzapfel. "They're only about 24 inches, I think, maybe," Holzapfel said of the existing cross culverts, describing them as corrugated metal pipes roughly 50 to 60 years old that are rusted and undersized. He told the council the design will consider concrete pipe or box culverts sized for current 100‑year storm criteria and said crews will likely need to cut the roadway to replace the pipes, with work staged to minimize traffic impacts.

Mayor Sajid George and councilors unanimously approved the design contract after a motion by Mr. Allen and a second by Dr. Woodrow. The item authorizes the town manager to execute the contract.

The council also approved a construction contract from Central North Construction LLC for what the staff described as the Collins Road Green Ribbon Project. The low conforming bid was $580,051.50; the project is funded primarily by a TxDOT Green Ribbon grant that provides $561,750 for construction, leaving the town responsible for the remaining roughly $18,000. The contract authorizes landscaping and median improvements on…