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File #: 16-1097    Version: 1 Name: 8/15/16 Contract with Nationwide Construction for Fencing at Broadway Park
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/15/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/15/2016 Final action: 8/15/2016
Enactment date: 8/15/2016 Enactment #: R-16-324
Title: Resolution to Approve a Contract with Nationwide Construction Group to Supply and Install Fencing for the Off-Leash Dog Park at Broadway Park ($46,143.70)
Attachments: 1. ITB 4451 Broadway Park Dog Park Fencing, 2. Drawing for Fence Bid
Title
Resolution to Approve a Contract with Nationwide Construction Group to Supply and Install Fencing for the Off-Leash Dog Park at Broadway Park ($46,143.70)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution approving a contract to supply and install fencing for the off-leash dog park at Broadway Park.

The section of Broadway Park to be designated as the off-leash dog play area will be entirely contained by fencing, signed as an off-leash dog play area, is anticipated to be roughly 1.5 acres, divided between a large and small dog run area, and located in the central eastern portion of the park, illustrated in attachment A.

The selection of the Broadway location is a culmination of multiple years of effort by Staff and the Park Advisory Commission. It provides a centrally located dog park, and accomplishes a stated goal in the existing PROS plan. The public process included the formation of an ad-hoc dog park committee, which spent several months working through criteria that were developed as part of the Recommendations and Guidelines for Dog Park Site Selection, Design, Operations and Maintenance. The document provides a history of the development of dog parks in the City, a framework for the public process, and site selection criteria developed after extensive research of best practices across the country. The public process for selecting Broadway Park included a direct mailing to all residents and businesses within 1/4 mile of the site, an on-line survey to which 619 people responded, and a public meeting at which 15 people attended. Over 85% of the survey respondents enthusiastically supported the location, and at the public meeting, the vote showed unanimous support for the park.

Broadway Park was ultimately chosen because it is an underutilized park area where no other scheduled park uses would be displaced, there are no adjacent residences, and it is in close proximity to the downtown and Lower Town, serving a growing p...

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