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Memo
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
Community Services Department
290 E Linden Ave., Chubbuck, ID 83202
208.237.2430
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From: Devin Hillam, Community Services Director ID 7
Date: November 27, 2023
Re: Miller Park Master Planning Proposals
OVERVIEW & BACKGROUND
Miller Park, located at the corner of Angela and Philbin, has been on the park construction radar of the City
since the property's acquisition in 2017. Shortly after purchasing the property, a master plan was created for the
property showing a great number of features such as a bass fishing pond, disc golf course, pickleball courts,
amphitheater and pavilion, sledding hill, trail, dog park, exercise stations, and splash pad. In recent years, the cost
to maintain the park as conceptualized has been a topic of discussion and new uses have been proposed at the
property, such as a skatepark and soccer fields. Moreover, some uses, such as pickleball, likely would be best next
to our premier racket sports facility at Capell Park.
As the City considers possible changes from the already published concept plan, it is important to recognize
that residents surrounding the park already have "bought in" to the vision of the concept planned park and as such,
I believe that it is important to provide the surrounding neighborhoods with opportunities to comment on desired
facilities and amenities at Miller Park, in addition to surveying the entire city about the park plan since the park will
serve as a destination park and will likely be funded significantly though parks development impact fees. Important
to the Parks & Recreation Division of the department is that the park master plan reflect amenities which bring high
recreational value to the city's residents and visitors while recognizing that the park maintenance will occur through
general fund property tax monies, monies which in our small city, are not readily available for additional personnel
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and maintenance costs. The parks should be designed to not require expensive maintenance so as to minimize
impacts to the property tax levy on our residents.
This past summer I was introduced to the landscape architect team at J -U -B Engineers and after discussing
their numerous projects in the greater Salt Lake region, I was excited to ask them to put together a proposal to redo
our Miller Park master plan and to include a heavy public participation aspect. The attached proposal is broken into
two separate projects that will work hand-in-hand; first, the development of the master plan and second, the
execution of the public involvement portion. The total cost for both projects is $71,100 ($41,300 for the master plan
and $29,800 for the public involvement project). The City has worked closely with J -U -B on a number of projects,
including sewer master planning, waterline projects, pavement management, and most recently, with our
Comprehensive Plan update.
Importantly for this park, if the Council moves forward with this proposal from J -U -B, substantial public
involvement through open houses, surveys, and neighborhood workshops will occur, and phasing plans with cost
estimates will be generated. These two projects can be funded entirely through the park development impact fee
fund, which has sufficient funding. Understanding what the upcoming plan will be for the park, including the all -
wheels park, is critical to ensuring that we develop the park in a fiscally responsibility way and in a way that is
functionally and aesthetically pleasing. I recommend approval of the proposal's 2 projects with J -U -B.
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November 22, 2023
Devin Hillam
Community Services Director
Chubbuck City
208.239.3239
RE: Chubbuck Miller Park Master Plan
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J -U -B FAMILY OF COMPANIES
It is J -U -B ENGINEERS' understanding that Chubbuck City desires to master plan a park on a city owned
20 -acre site known as Miller Park. The master plan will include gathering public input on desired park
amenities and designs, developing 2 concept alternatives, presenting these concepts to the city and
public officials for feedback, developing a final preferred master plan and associated renderings
(including 3D models and poster boards for a public open house), and creating a final written master
plan document including a phasing plan and cost estimates. The following tasks outline the scope of
work to provide professional design services as desired by Chubbuck City.
SCOPE OF WORK
TASK 11 PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND MEETINGS (PROJECT 1)
A. Administrative Tasks — Tasks may include project management, phone calls, emails, product
coordination, billing, and other necessary tasks to ensure the project runs smoothly.
B. Project Kick-off Meeting — One (1) in-person meeting (3 hours) with the City, including a site visit.
C. Conceptual Review Meeting — One (1) virtual meeting (1.5 hours) to review 2 concept alternatives
with the City prior to neighborhood workshops.
D. Conceptual Review Meeting #2 — One (1) virtual meeting (1 hour) with the City to select preferred
alternative based on City preference and feedback from neighborhood workshops.
E. Conceptual Review Meeting #3 — One (1) virtual meeting (1 hour) with the City to review renderings,
poster boards, final preferred design alternative prior to open house.
F. Conceptual Review Meeting #4 — One (1) virtual meeting (1 hour) with the City to discuss final
master plan and final revisions based on City preference and feedback from open house.
TASK 2 1 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT (PROJECT 2)
A. Public Survey
1. Write Survey Questions — Develop questions to go out in an online survey about desired park
amenities.
2. Advertisement Materials — Create materials for the City to utilize on social media, in city mailers,
and on their website for advertising the survey.
3. Compile Survey Results —Gather all survey results into a single excel spreadsheet for analysis.
4. Summarize Key Findings —Summarize themes and key findings that will inform the programing
of the park amenities and elements.
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B. Neighborhood Workshops
1. Workshop Advertising Materials and Coordination — Create materials for the City to utilize for
advertising purposes.
2. Workshop Displays and Activity Prep — Prepare the materials for the neighborhood workshops.
3. Facilitate Workshops — Facilitate 2 separate workshops with neighbors near the park property.
Present two concept alternatives to the attendees and allow for feedback on each option
presented.
4. Summarize Feedback— Summarize themes and key findings that will inform the final decision on
the preferred alternative design alternative.
C. Public Open House
1. Open House Advertising Materials and Coordination — Create materials for the City to utilize for
advertising purposes.
2. Open House Displays and Activity Prep — Prepare the materials for the open house.
3. Attend and Facilitate Open House — Facilitate 1 public open house with Chubbuck City residents
to present the preferred alternative design.
4. Summarize Feedback— Summarize comment card feedback from the Open House to determine
general support of the final park design.
TASK 3 1 MASTER PLAN (PROJECT 1)
A. Preliminary Conceptual Plan
1. Set Up Base Map — Take survey/drone data provided by the City and import into CAD to use as a
base map.
2. Design Charette — Work with a team of landscape architects and designers to generate multiple
concept alternatives in a short amount of time and evaluate options to develop 2 proposed
concept alternatives.
3. Draw Design Alternatives — Based on the final 2 proposed concept alternatives from the
charette, draw/refine the concepts by hand (pen/ink).
4. Internal Review— Perform a QA/QC check on the refined concept alternatives.
5. Revisions — Make any necessary changes to the alternatives prior to scanning/digitizing.
6. Render and Label Concepts — Label and render the concepts in a digital program to prepare for
presentation in neighborhood workshops.
7. Conceptual Review Meeting #1 (see Task 1A above) — Present concepts to City/steering
committee.
8. Revisions — Make revisions based on City feedback from review meeting #1.
9. Present concepts at neighborhood workshops (see Task 2B above)
10. Conceptual Review Meeting #2 (see Task 1A above) — Meet to discuss concepts and feedback
from neighborhood workshops and determine the preferred alternative.
B. Final Master Plan
1. Internal Discussion about Preferred Alternative —Based on conceptual review meeting #2 discuss
changes that need to be made to plans with design team.
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2. Draft Preferred Alternative in CAD — Digitize the preferred alternative and draft in AutoCAD.
3. Email PDF of Preferred Alternative — Receive City approval of design prior to further developing
the master plan.
4. Build 3D Computer Generated Model of the Park — Model the park with final preferred
layout/amenities.
5. Develop Renderings of Key Park Features and Locations — Render a maximum of 10 images from
the model to be used in the open house and final master plan document.
6. Plan View Rendering — Render 2D plan view preferred alternative and add labels.
7. Set Up Poster Boards — 1 poster for the plan view and 1 poster for the 3D renderings/images.
8. Opinion of Probable Construction Costs — Provide a master plan level cost estimate for park
construction.
9. Internal Review— Provide and QA/QC review of final poster boards and master plan materials.
10. Conceptual Review Meeting #3 (see Task 1A) — Meet with City/steering committee to review
master plan/open house materials and determine if there are any changes that need to be made
prior to the public open house.
11. Revisions — Make revisions based on feedback from concept review meeting #3.
12. Present Preferred Alternative at Public Open House (see Task 20
13. Develop Phasing Plan — Based on City budget, public and City priorities, and logical construction
sequencing; determine a phasing plan for the construction of the park.
14. Written Master Plan Document— Create a written document containing plan, images, cost
estimates, phasing plan, and other information generated from public involvement.
15. Internal Review— Perform a QA/QC review on the written master plan document.
16. Conceptual Review Meeting #4 — Meet with City/steering committee to present the final master
plan.
17. Final Revisions and Project Close -Out— Make any final edits to the document based on feedback
from conceptual review meeting #4 and close-out the project.
ASSUMPTIONS
1. Master plan and public involvement projects will function as a single project as far as schedule,
sequencing, and the projects informing one another on next steps. Financially, they will function as
two separate projects.
2. Cost estimating will only happen after the preferred alternative is selected. Costs could be provided
during the preliminary conceptual planning phase but are not currently included.
3. This project's final deliverable is an 8.5 x 11 written master plan document that will guide Chubbuck
City in the future development of this park.
4. Chubbuck City will provide to scale drone imagery for the design to be based on.
PROJECT FEE
The fee proposed for completing the above outlined scope of work has been broken into two projects.
Project 1 is the master plan for Miller park and project 2 is the public involvement for Miller park. The
lump sum fees, including reimbursable costs (copying, travel, printing, etc.), are broken out as follows:
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Project 1
Miller Park Master Plan
$41,300
Project 2
Miller Park Public Involvement
$29,800
PROJECT SCHEDULE
The proposed schedule is as follows:
Project 1&2
Notice to Proceed
December 11, 2023
Project 1
Project Management
Ongoing through the project
Project 2
Public Survey
January 4-18, 2024
Project 2
Summarize Public Survey
January 19-29, 2024
Project 1
Concept Development of 2 Alternatives
January 29 -February 26, 2024
Project 2
Neighborhood Workshops
March 4-8, 2024
Project 1
Develop Preferred Alternative
March 11 -April 15, 2024
Project 1
Develop Supporting Master Plan Materials
(renderings, models, cost opinions, etc.)
April 15 -May 20, 2024
Project 2
Open House
May 27-31, 2024
Project 1
Final Master Plan Document
June 3-17, 2024
We are excited about this project and look forward to working with you. If you have any questions or
need further information, please feel free to contact us. Thank you again for this opportunity.
Sincerely,
J -U -B ENGINEERS, Inc.
Andre J. No lander, PLA
Senior an scape Architect
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