August 26, 2025
Public Works
DATE: August 26, 2025
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Daniel Chavarria, PE, Director of Public Works
Robert Armijo, PE, Deputy Director of Public Works/City Engineer
Wendy Wellbrock, PE, Senior Civil Engineer
Subject:
Accept the Dirt World Bike Park Renovation Project as
Complete
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The Dirt World Bike Park Renovation Project (23029) is complete; there is no further financial impact. The State of California Department of Parks and Recreation
(Grantor) has approved the reallocation of unspent grant funds for Project 23029 in the amount of $31,671 to the Boorman Park Revitalization Project (23006) (Account
String: 15436431-400708-23006; 15436431-334351-
23006).
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
October 18, 2022
January 23, 2024
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
City staff recommends that City Council adopt the
resolution to accept the Dirt World Bike Park Renovation Project as complete, in accordance with the contract
documents, and record the Notice of Completion.
AGENDA
REPORT
August 26, 2025
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution to accept the Dirt World Bike Park
Renovation Project as complete; AUTHORIZE the City
Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the Project with the County Recorder; and ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE
grant funds in the amount of $31,671 to the Boorman
Park Revitalization Project – Public Works (Wendy
Wellbrock 510-307-8108/Robert Armijo 510-620-5477).
DISCUSSION:
Dirt World Bike Park is a 2-acre urban BMX and mountain biking park along the Richmond Greenway. In December 2021, the City was awarded grant funding from the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $1,170,000 to renovate Dirt World Bike Park. Implementation of the Dirt World Bike Park Renovation Project (Project) occurred in two phases:
On October 18, 2022, the City Council authorized a sole-source contract with American Ramp Company for Phase 1, which included design and construction services to improve the bike park track.
On January 23, 2024, the City Council authorized awarding a construction contract to JPB Designs, Inc. for Phase 2, the Dirt World Park Site and Landscape Improvement Project, which included upgrades to the Greenway multi-use class l bike trail, as well as landscaping and irrigation.
The table below summarizes the project costs.
Phase 1 – American Ramp Company Contract $422,128
Phase 2 – JPB Designs, Inc. Construction Contract $367,286 Design, Construction Management, Grant Management, Permit Fees, Staff Time
$348,915
Total Project Cost $1,138,329
Total Grant Award Amount $1,170,000
Unspent Grant Funds $31,761
On October 30, 2024, the City, along with the community and project partners, celebrated the grand re-opening of Dirt World Bike Park with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
American Ramp Company and JPB Designs, Inc. have completed the Project in accordance with the approved plans and specifications; therefore, City staff recommends that City Council accept the Project as complete and authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the Project with the County Recorder’s Office (Attachment 1).
On May 13, 2025, the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation approved the City’s request to re-allocate unspent grant funds from the Dirt World Bike Park
August 26, 2025
Renovation Project (23029) in the amount of $31,671 to the Boorman Park Revitalization Project (23006). City staff recommends that the City Council accept and appropriate additional grant funds in the amount of $31,671 to the Boorman Park Revitalization Project (23006) for a total revised grant amount of $4,196,671(Attachment 2).
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – SW 07 007 Boorman Park Updated Grant Application and Estimate Form