The City's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) includes the Ridge Creek Park and Prior Lake Outlet Channel Improvements project (PR-19-001). This project includes improvements to park land at the Ridge Creek development. Park improvements include nature park amenities (board walk, trails, overlook amenities, and educational elements), realignment of the Prior Lake Outlet Channel to better handle increased run-off due to development, incorporating water quality best management practices to reduce sediment and phosphorus, and wetland enhancement. Attached are the CIP project summary sheet and park concept.

City staff needs assistance from a consultant for design, construction inspection, and construction management services to complete the project based on current and expected workload. City staff worked with MKSK and Barr, to develop a scope of work needed to assist and deliver the project. MKSK and Barr have provided timely and cost effective assistance to city staff with past projects in 2018 and 2019. The MKSK and Barr team has the experience, technical skill, and capacity to provide the needed services and are firms in the city's approved consultant pool. The attached Professional Services Agreement authorizes and describes the scope and fee for their work on this project.

It should also be noted that the attached Ridge Creek Park Vision Plan concepts that were previously presented to the City Council will be the basis for the final design elements of the project. During the visioning and concept development stages of the park, it should also be noted that detailed cost estimates were not completed. As part of the initial work to be performed by the project team, detailed cost estimates will be completed to verify accurate project costs and to ensure appropriate funding has been budgeted. 

Alternate Task 1 is to do a concept layout and preliminary design for improvements to the Riverside Bluffs Fields park which will look at the connection and function between the two parks.

Alternate Task 2 is to evaluate the existing Foothill Trail drainage issue. This evaluation is to identify if there is an improvement that can be made in conjunction with the Ridge Creek Park project to improve the drainage issue.