By Michael Eng | Managing Editor
Plant City commissioners approved Dec. 10 contracts with several companies for a variety of projects throughout the city.
The city accepted a bid of $207,000 from Palm Harbor-based Kloote Contracting Inc. to construct the Grant-Hunter Pond Trail, located at the 11.33-acre park at the corner of Grant and Hunter streets.
The bid is $49,675 more than the original bid from B.R.W. Contracting Inc. However, B.R.W., along with five other contracting companies that submitted bids, did not have the general contractor license or certifications the project requires, City Manager Greg Horwedel said.
Kloote’s bid is still under the $250,000 budget allocated for the project. That money includes a $125,000 grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Recreational Trails Program and matching funds from the city.
Kloote will install a 12-foot-wide concrete trail around the pond and sod along both sides. Unspent funds will be used to add other amenities, including park benches, trash receptacles and a bike rack. The project should be complete by March 1, 2013.
Commissioners also approved Monday:
• A contract with Q.G.S. Development Inc. to complete stormwater projects throughout the city. The projects including the drainage improvements at Cherry Street; Franklin and English streets; Wheeler Street and Veterans Memorial Park; Vermont Street; and Lincoln and Madison Park. The work should not exceed $900,000;
• A contract to purchase the parcel at 4609 Airport Road for $40,000. This is the fourth of five parcels the city must acquire to complete the realignment of Airport Road to create better geometry at the road’s intersection with Turkey Creek Road; and
• The awarding of a $55,860 contract to Gary Knight’s Excavating and Site Services Inc. for 9,500 cubic yards of fill material for phase two of Ellis Methvin Park.
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