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CONTRACT K-2021-111: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND WALLACE ENGINEERING STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $171,900 PLUS $10,500 FOR REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES TO INCLUDE THE PREPARATION OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, BIDDING SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION FOR THE NORMAN FORWARD SAXON PARK PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: In October, 2015, Norman citizens passed the NORMAN FORWARD Initiative which provides funding for various quality of life improvement projects through a 1/2% sales tax increase over 15 years. One of the projects included in the NORMAN FORWARD Initiative was the completion of construction of John H. Saxon Jr. Community Park, a 67-acre site at the southwest corner of State Highway 9 and 36th Avenue SE.
In 2011, City Council adopted the Saxon Park Master Plan which was completed by the Landscape Architecture firm of Howell and VanCuren, Inc. (Howell). That process included a great deal of public input through statistically valid surveys, and stake holder and public meetings. After the design development process was completed and adopted, several projects at Saxon Park were completed between 2011 and 2016, which were paid for through a combination of Room Tax, Community Parkland Development Fund and Capital Fund resources, along with two separate $160,000 Recreational Trails Grant awards. Extensive site clearing, grading, and drainage work in pedestrian areas was done; and a park entry road and parking lot was built along with the layout and construction of a crushed granite cross-country running course, a concrete fitness trail, and improvements to the property line fencing on the west side of the park.
Since that time, Howell & VanCuren, Inc. has been acquired by Wallace Engineering Structural Consultants, Inc. (Wallace). The original Howell Master Plan for Saxon Park will continue to be followed as development of Saxon Park continues.
The continued developm...
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