Agenda No. 6.
CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM
| City Council Meeting: | January 6, 2026 |
| Department: | Parks, Recreation & Community Servic |
| Subject: | Resolution 26-R-002 - Authorizing an agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. for professional services for the West Dietz Creek Trail project (S.Gonzalez/ L.Shrum) |
BACKGROUND
The West Dietz Creek Trail is proposed to be a 10-foot wide concret multi-use path along West Dietz Creek beginning at its crossing with Wiederstein Road, crossing Savannah Dr, crossing Maske Road, and ending at Schertz Parkway. Pedestrian crossing improvements are included for each road crossing as well as rest stations along the trail with benches, trash cans, and water fountains at key intersections. The project is a key component of the 2025 Parks, Recreation, Open Space, and Trails (PROST) Master Plan that City Council adopted in December 2024.
GOAL
The goal is to engage in a professional services task order with Halff Associates, Inc. to provide design, engineering, and construction management services for the West Dietz Creek Trail project. Halff Associates is one of the CIty's on-call engineering firms.
COMMUNITY BENEFIT
The community has noted trails as a high-priority need in the 2025 Parks, Recreation, Open Space, and Trails (PROST) Master Plan as well as in Resident Satisfaction Surveys in 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2023, and thus the addition of approximately 1.76 miles of new trail will further enhance the quality of life in the community.
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve Resolution 26-R-002.
FISCAL IMPACT
The total cost of the project, including design and construction, is estimated to be $1,354,889.56. This resolution authorizes the professional services portion of this project in the amount of $331,319.
The project is funded with $1 million in federal dollars from the Transportation Alternatives (TA) Program which is administered through the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) and TxDOT. Because the program calls for an 80/20 split, the 20% city match of $250,000 is funded through designated funds for Trail Development. City staff determined that construction management services were needed for this project to meet federal standards, thus the project costs increased by $81,319.00. City staff transferred funds from the Great Northern Trail Project which does not currently have a section readily available to construct, in order to move this project forward since the city already owns the majority of the ROW for this project. There is an additional $23,570.56 in contingency funds available for the project along with the annual parks and trail development funds approved in the budget to cover the City portion.
$1,000,000 AAMPO
$354,889.56 City Match
The project is funded with $1 million in federal dollars from the Transportation Alternatives (TA) Program which is administered through the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) and TxDOT. Because the program calls for an 80/20 split, the 20% city match of $250,000 is funded through designated funds for Trail Development. City staff determined that construction management services were needed for this project to meet federal standards, thus the project costs increased by $81,319.00. City staff transferred funds from the Great Northern Trail Project which does not currently have a section readily available to construct, in order to move this project forward since the city already owns the majority of the ROW for this project. There is an additional $23,570.56 in contingency funds available for the project along with the annual parks and trail development funds approved in the budget to cover the City portion.
$1,000,000 AAMPO
$354,889.56 City Match
RECOMMENDATION
Approve resolution 26-R-002.