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VAIL TOWN COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO

ITEM/TOPIC:   Renovation of the Covered Bridge Pocket Par Contract Award

BACKGROUND:   The 2020 RETT Fund Project list includes funding in the amount of $82K for the renovation of the Covered Bridge Pocket Park.  Staff Landscape Architects have prepared a design for the park which includes establish walkways and shrub/groundcover plantings as well as improvements to the streambank and a bioswale demonstration feature connected to the storm sewer system in Bridge Street.  The design of the renovation of the Covered Bridge Pocket Park was approved by the Design Review Board on August 5, 2020.  Approximately $30K of the construction cost of the Covered Bridge Pocket Park Renovation is related to streambank protection, restoration and education.  Staff is proposing to utilize $30K from the budgeted Streambank Restoration RETT account to supplement the budgeted $82K Covered Bridge Pocket Park Renovation funding. 

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:   Authorize the Town Manager to enter into an agreement, in a form approved by the Town Attorney, with Rocky Mountain Custom Landscapes in the amount not to exceed $107,978.01.  Authorize the Town Manager to transfer $30K from the Streambank Restoration account (RPI-011) to the Covered Bridge Pocket Park Renovation account (RPI-014) to increase the overall budget to $112K.

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