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PRESS RELEASE. From the County of San Mateo Board Meeting Update: June 13, 2023 and a press release from the County Executive’s Office
PARKS / PUBLIC WORKS
- Adopt a resolution:
- A) Adopting plans and specifications, including conformance with prevailing wage scale requirements, for the Tunitas Creek Beach Improvements Project; and
- B) Authorizing the President of the Board to execute an agreement with Gordon N. Ball, Inc., in the amount of $11,593,710 for the Tunitas Creek Beach Improvements Project; and
- C) Authorizing the Director of Public Works to:
- 1. Execute subsequent change orders to grant time extensions for project completion and payment up to a maximum aggregate amount not to exceed $1,159,371, or approximately 10 percent of the agreement amount; and
- 2. Execute payment up to the not to exceed amount of $12,753,081 for items requiring adjustment based on unit bid prices without execution of a change order; and
- D) Authorizing the County Executive Officer, or designee, to execute the Tunitas Beach Improvements Project Airspace Lease Marler-Johnson Park Agreement between the County of San Mateo and the California Department of Transportation upon California Department of Transportation’s legal certification of the agreement; and
- E) Authorizing the Director of Parks to enter into a Rule 20B agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday considered awarding a construction contract that would transform the 58-acre Tunitas Creek Beach into the County’s new regional coastal park.
The project has long been planned for a scenic stretch of sandy beach framed by cliffs visible from Highway 1.
The planned work involves creating path, picnic tables and scenic overlooks. Improving parking and building public restrooms, ranger facilities and interpretative displays and signage are also planned.
Tunitas Creek Beach – located about eight miles south of Half Moon Bay – was purchased from a private owner by Peninsula Open Space Trust in 2017 and sold to the County in 2020. Through donor support and ongoing fundraising, Peninsula Open Space Trust has contributed millions towards development and construction costs.
Following an extensive public outreach process, County Parks along with partners Peninsula Open Space Trust and the Coastal Conservancy unveiled a preferred design that seeks to balance recreation with environmental stewardship. Project design and permitting costs have been funded through a California State Coastal Conservancy grant.
The County received three bids for the work, with the lowest bid at $11,593,710. The project would be paid with funds from the County’s Capital Projects Fund, San Mateo County’s Measure K funds, and California Department of Parks and Recreation Prop. 68 grant.
The Board will consider the contract at its regularly scheduled meeting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Members of the public will be able to participate in the meeting in person or remotely via the Zoom platform.
The meeting will be held in the Board Chambers in 400 County Center, Redwood City.
Further details on public participation, including Spanish translation, are listed on the agenda.
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