HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-11-22 - AGENDA REPORTS - SOUTH FORK TRAIL PHASE IV (2)AGENDA REPORT
City Manager
Item to be
Rick
CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE: November 22, 1994
SUBJECT: Authorization to Enter into a Contract with David Evans and Associates,
Inc. for South Fork Trail - Phase IV Design Services
DEPARTMENT: Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clarita is commencing its design phase of the South Fork Trail -
Phase IV in fulfillment of the Five -Year Capital Improvement Program. This phase of the
South Fork Trail will extend from the Magic Mountain Parkway bridge northwesterly to
McBean Parkway. A bicycle and pedestrian undercrossing will be built as part of the Magic
Mountain Parkway bridge/San Fernando Road widening project, providing the link for bicycle
and pedestrian users between the existing and future trail segments. The equestrian
alignment for Phase IV is proposed to be situated at the river bottom. The underlying fee
owner throughout this corridor is the Newhall Land and Farming Company, and trail
easement agreements have been finalized previously via the Valencia Town Center
agreement in February 1992.
A temporary trail alignment for bicycle and pedestrian users will be utilized along the
Southern California Edison easement and commercial properties between the Magic
Mountain Parkway bridge and Valencia Boulevard bridge until the delineation of the river
in this area is identified. A permanent trail alignment will be identified and constructed
between Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway. (Refer to the attached map.) Staff
envisions that trail construction will begin in July 1995,
Staff has been working with David Evans and Associates, Inc. on the design proposal for the
South Fork Trail - Phase IV, David Evans and Associates, Inc. has been pre -qualified to
handle design services for the trail and has a working knowledge of the City's trail system.
Based on this information, staff recommends that David Evans and Associates, Inc. be
selected to perform professional services for the South Fork Trail - Phase IV. Services
provided by David Evans and Associates, Inc. will include right-of-way engineering,
hydrology, and geology studies, conceptual design and final plans, specifications, and
construction cost estimates.
APPROWED Agenda Item:
South Fork Trail - Phase IV Design Services
November 22, 1994
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Funding in the amount of $100,000 is available for this project through account
no. 24-99044-227, and the project is included in the fiscal year 1994-95 budget. The City
Council has previously approved the expenditure of the Proposition A per -parcel discretionary
grant program through Resolution 94-94,
RECOMMENDATION
Authorize staff to enter into a contract with David Evans and Associates, Inc., not to exceed
$100,000 for comprehensive services relating to the South Fork Trail - Phase IV project.
ATTACHMENT
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Project Name: SOUTH FORK TRAIL - PHASE IV
Project Number: 7TO12-90 Prior CIP No.: 90-0631
Project Limits: On the west side of the south fork of the Santa Clara River from Magic Mountain Parkway to McBean Parkway.
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