HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2019-02RESOLUTION NO. 2019-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT
WITH CALLANDER ASSOCIATES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, INC., OF
GOLD RIVER, FOR DEBENEDETTI PARK SITE PLAN DESIGN; AND
FURTHER APPROPRIATING FUNDS
WHEREAS, DeBenedetti Park has approximately 20 acres of undeveloped land and
funds for the park's future development are accumulating in the Park Impact Fee fund due to
completed and planned housing and commercial projects; and
WHEREAS, the previous plan for DeBenedetti Park was completed in 2002, before
funds for any development were available, and does not align with the findings of the Parks,
Recreation and Cultural Services Department's 2016 Strategic Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department issued a Request
for Qualifications, solicited responses from landscape architecture and park design firms, and
created a screening committee comprising Department staff and members of the Lodi Parks
and Recreation Commission to select the best landscape architecture firm to design
DeBenedetti Park; and
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2019, the Lodi Parks and Recreation Commission voted
affirmatively to support the screening committee's recommendation that the Lodi City Council
approve a Professional Services Agreement with Callander Associates Landscape Architecture,
Inc., of Gold River, for a new design of DeBenedetti Park; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional
Services Agreement with Callander Associates Landscape Architecture, Inc., for
DeBenedetti Park site plan design and further recommends appropriation of $65,416.58.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Callander
Associates Landscape Architecture, Inc., of Gold River, California, for DeBenedetti Park site
plan design, in the amount of $65,416.58; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby authorize the
appropriation of $65,416.58 from the Park Impact Fee 437 Fund balance to 43799000.77020.
Dated: January 16, 2019
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2019-02 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held January 16, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Johnson, Kuehne, Mounce, Nakanishi, and
Mayor Chandler
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
NNIFER(M. FERRAIOLO
City Clerk
2019-02