June 19, 2002
Willow Glen, California Since 1992
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The bid to build Hummingbird Park is about $162,000 By Juliane Ngan At its June 25 meeting, the San Jose City Council awarded a contract to JFC Construction Inc. to build Hummingbird Park, to be located at the intersection of Bird and Fisk avenues in Willow Glen. Hummingbird Park's 15,000-square-foot lot is bordered by single-family homes to the south and east. Construction for the pocket park is scheduled to begin in August, with anticipated completion in January of 2003. While the city's 2001-02 capital budget allocated $300,000 for the project, the total amount of the construction company's bid was $162,414. The council also approved a contingency fee of $9,000, which will be for any unforeseeable incidents that may occur while the site is under construction. The itemized bid shows that the company has allocated $7,903 for site preparation, $3,250 for earthwork, $1,250 for traffic control, $13,450 for the irrigation system, $34,184 for concrete, $1,050 for asphalt concrete, $18,297 for electrical work, $5,540 for planting, $2,100 for the 30-day maintenance period, $45,939 for play equipment and $29,451 for miscellaneous items. Whatever funds are left over in the budget after the project is completed "give extra room for improvements and other amenities the residents want for the park," said District 6 San Jose City Councilman Ken Yeager. The master plan to build the pocket park was approved in May. The park will be surrounded by a fence, 42 inches high, with a self-closing gate facing Bird Avenue. The gate will open onto a concrete walkway into the park that is surrounded by grass, plants and shrubbery. The walkway leads to a circular concrete path that encloses a Kompan Fort, a play structure. To the left is an area for two gaming tables, and benches surround the circular playground area. Walking around the circular walkway will lead to an opening facing Fisk Avenue. Although San Jose's Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services department will plant trees, shrubbery and flowers throughout the park, existing trees on the property will remain. The size of the park does not allow for restroom or drinking fountain facilities, but there will be a two "mutt mitt" dispensers in the park, encouraging park visitors to bring their pets but to make sure they clean up after them. "The major feature of the park will be the play structure that's out there. The compound play structure was chosen by the community," said Chris Mastrodicasa, an assistant landscape architect with Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services. The area had been kept up by community members who put in a small garden in the park area. However maintenance of the area has diminished over the past few years. Building the park will be "formalizing a community project," said San Jose City Parks Manager Steve Roemer. "There is a lack of parkland in that area," said Yeager. "This will be a park people can come and enjoy. A place where people can sit and read a book." |
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