July 28, 2026
Public Works
DATE: July 28, 2026
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Daniel Chavarria, PE, Director of Public Works, City
Engineer
Darcie DeLashmutt, Capital Project Manager
Subject:
Construction Agreement Amendment No. 1 with Bauman
Landscape and Construction, Inc. for the Boorman Park
Revitalization Project
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The proposed action will approve a construction agreement amendment with Bauman Landscape and
Construction, Inc. in the amount of $590,000, increasing the not-to-exceed amount from $3,821,768.42 to
$4,411,768.42. The revised construction agreement
amount will also include a 10 percent change order
authority for a potential total of $4,852,945.26. Funding for this amendment is available within the approved
project budget (Account String: 20136031-400708-
23006).
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
June 25, 2024
March 11, 2025
August 19, 2025
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Boorman Park Revitalization Project requires a
construction agreement amendment to accommodate a
City-requested scope change to increase parking
capacity along Maine Avenue. City staff requests that the City Council adopt a resolution to approve the agreement amendment.
AGENDA
REPORT
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution to APPROVE first amendment to the
construction agreement with Bauman Landscape and
Construction, Inc. to increase the payment limit by
$590,000, for a revised total payment limit of
$4,411,768.42; and AUTHORIZE the Director of Public
Works to approve change orders up to 10 percent of the
revised construction agreement amount for a potential
not-to-exceed total of $4,852,945.26 – Public Works
Department (Darcie DeLashmutt 510-672-3944/Daniel
Chavarria 510-620-5478).
DISCUSSION:
Boorman Park is a 3.3-acre park located at 2799 Maine Avenue in the Cortez-Stege Neighborhood, Richmond City Council District 3. Originally constructed in 1976, the park was identified as a high priority for improvements in the 2010 Parks Master Plan and the 2019 Richmond Parks Assessment Report (Attachment 1). As a result, the City initiated the Boorman Park Revitalization Project (Capital Improvement Project No. 23006).
In partnership with the West County Regional Group of First 5 Contra Costa, Healthy and Active Before Five, and consultant CSW/Stuber-Stroeh Engineering Group, the City conducted a series of public meetings to inform the project design. The resulting concept includes a multi-use loop trail, skate elements and seating, a multi-purpose grass field, a basketball court, a fitness zone, children’s play areas, a restroom facility, and a community gathering area (Attachment 2). This concept resulted in the award of approximately $4.1 million in Proposition 68 grant funding in 2020.
The original concept included modifying existing parallel street parking to perpendicular parking to increase parking capacity. During design, soil contamination was identified, resulting in the creation of a separate Boorman Park Site Remediation Project. Due to cost constraints associated with remediation, perpendicular parking was removed from the final project scope.
On June 25, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 71-24 authorizing the City Manager to award construction agreements and authorizing the Director of Public Works to approve change orders. The City subsequently awarded a construction agreement in the amount of $3,765,528 to Bauman Landscape and Construction, Inc., the lowest responsive and responsible bidder (Attachment 3). Since initiating construction, the project has approved three change orders for fencing and utility modifications, increasing the current agreement amount to $3,821,768.42.
During construction, City staff and community stakeholders, including Rising Juntos, identified the reintroduction of perpendicular parking along Maine Avenue as a priority improvement. This City-requested scope change modifies the existing parallel parking configuration to perpendicular parking to increase the number of available parking
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spaces and improve access to the park. Parking along the border of the park will increase from 14 existing spaces to approximately 25 to 30 spaces.
This work was not included in the original construction agreement and requires an agreement amendment. The proposed $590,000 increase will raise the total construction agreement amount to $4,411,768.42 (Attachment 4). Previous change orders were accommodated within the original 10 percent contingency; however, this additional scope exceeds the remaining contingency and requires a formal amendment.
The existing authority for the Director of Public Works to approve change orders up to 10 percent of the construction agreement amount shall continue based on the revised agreement total.
City staff recommend that City Council adopt a resolution approving the agreement amendment to support the Boorman Park Revitalization Project (Attachment 5).
Incorporating this work into the current project allows the City to complete the improvements efficiently and minimize additional mobilization and cost escalation. The project completion schedule will shift from Summer 2026 to late Fall 2026.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Project Location
Attachment 2 – Site Plan
Attachment 3 – Construction Agreement
Attachment 4 – Proposed Agreement Amendment 1
Attachment 5 – Resolution