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City CouncilJANUARY 14, 2025NICHOLS PARK PLAYGROUND, SHADE SHELTER AND SAFETY SURFACING INSTALLATION PROJECTParks, Recreation and Community Services Department RiversideCA.gov2
NICHOLS PARK PLAYGROUND
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•Demolish existing playground & surfacing •Install –New playground equipment–New shade structure–New safety surfacingNICHOLS PARK PLAYGROUND – PROJECT SCOPE RiversideCA.gov4
CURRENT PLAYGROUND AT NICHOLS PARK
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PROPOSED PLAYGROUND AT NICHOLS PARK
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Strategic Priority No. 1 –Arts, Culture and RecreationGoal 1.3 To improve parks, recreational amenities, open space, trail development, and fulfill critical lifecycle and facility maintenance needs.Goal 1.4To prioritize safety at parks, trails, arts, cultural and recreational facilities.STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT 5 6
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RECOMMENDATIONS That the City Council:1. Award Bid No. 8110 to ZECO Inc. of Santa Ana, California, for the Nichols Park Playground, Shade Structure, and Rubber Surfacing Installation Project in the amount of $213,500; 2. Authorize 25% change order authority in an amount up to $53,375, for total contract amount not to exceed $266,875; RiversideCA.gov8
RECOMMENDATIONS 3. With at least five affirmative votes, authorize the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record all necessary supplemental appropriations and interfund transfers in the amount of $245,525 from General Fund, available fund balance, to the Capital Outlay Fund, Nichols Park Project, and any other accounting and budgetary entries in the funds, projects, and accounts related to the Nichols Park Project reallocation of former ARPA funds; and 4. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a Construction Agreement with ZECO Inc., of Santa Ana, California including making minor and non-substantive changes.7 8