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[Contract Supplement] Budgetary Adjustments and Supplemental Services Agreement for the Sacramento River Parkway Project (K15185000) [Published for 10-Day Review 09/30/2026]
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FileID
File ID: 2026-01627
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Location
Location: District 7
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution: 1) authorizing the City Manager or designee to increase the revenue and expenditure budgets of the Sacramento River Parkway Project (K15185000) by $2,970,000 (Federal Capital Grants, Fund 3703); 2) authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 13 to City Agreement No. 2022-0035 with Wood Rodgers, Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed $2,322,124, for a new not-to-exceed amount of $3,098,424; and 3) resetting the City Manager or designee’s administrative authority to issue supplemental agreements with Wood Rodgers, Inc. for City Agreement No. 2022-0035.
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Contact
Contact: Jesse Gothan, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-6897, jgothan@cityofsacramento.org; Ofelia Avalos, Engineering Services Division Manager, (916) 808-5054, oavalos@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Public Works
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Professional Services Agreement
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Additional Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: In 1975, the Sacramento City Council adopted the Feasibility Study and Sacramento River Parkway Master Plan, establishing a vision for public recreational access along the Sacramento River from Freeport to the American River confluence while protecting and enhancing natural resources. The 1997 Sacramento River Parkway Plan Update preserved the ultimate vision for an off-street, multi-use riverfront trail. It also addressed surrounding land uses, security, privacy, and design. The City Council approved the plan’s Environmental Impact Report on October 21, 1997.
The American and Sacramento River Parkway Plans 2012 Implementation Program was approved by passage of Resolution 2012-390. This document outlines the procedures to acquire necessary easement rights to complete the Sacramento River Parkway.
In 2021, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) awarded the City federal funds to initiate preliminary engineering and secure environmental clearance for the Sacramento River Parkway Project in the Pocket-Greenhaven community. Subsequently in 2022, Wood Rodgers was selected through a competitive solicitation to provide professional services to provide preliminary engineering and environmental clearance for the four-mile segment between Garcia Bend Park and Zacharias Park.
The project team prepared preliminary designs for a paved levee-top multi-use path, evaluated eight possible neighborhood access ramp sites, and gathered community input to select convenient locations. To enhance trail access, pedestrian crossings and intersections along Riverside Boulevard/Pocket Road will also be improved.
In 2023, SACOG awarded $6,803,000 to fund both the right of way acquisition and construction of the trail for Segment 1, between Garcia Bend Park and Audubon Circle, once the preliminary engineering and environmental reviews were completed.
With the limits, access points, crossings, and trail geometry defined, On October 14, 2025, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2025-0274, formally accepting the preliminary design and adopting the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Addendum for the Sacramento River Parkway Project (K15185000). On May 26, 2026, Caltrans certified the Categorical Exclusion determination for the project pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), completing the environmental review phase.
On July 15, 2026, Caltrans authorized $2,420,000 for the Segment 1 right of way phase, and an additional $550,000 for final design for the full project limits, totaling $2,970,000. Approval by the City Council is necessary to appropriate the federal funds to the Sacramento River Parkway Project (K15185000) and execute Supplemental Agreement No. 13 to City Agreement No. 2022-0035 with Wood Rodgers to complete final design and right of way services.
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PolicyConsiderations
Policy Considerations: The actions requested herein are consistent with the City’s goals of improving and expanding public safety, creating walkable communities, and enhancing overall livability. The actions requested herein are consistent with the City’s goals of creating walkable and bikeable communities and enhancing overall livability. Specific goals the project addresses are as follows:
M-1.11: Increase Bicycling and Walking. The City shall strive to increase bicycling and walking citywide so that it can meet its equity, reduced vehicle miles traveled, and sustainability goals;
M-1.17: Improve Bicycling Connectivity. The City shall plan and seek funding for a continuous, low-stress bikeway network consisting of bicycling-friendly facilities that connect neighborhoods with destinations and activity centers throughout the city;
M-1.18: Bicycling Safety. When designing projects, the City shall prioritize designs that strengthen the protection of people bicycling such as improvements that increase visibility of bicyclists, increase bikeway widths, raise bikeways, design safer intersection crossings and turns, and separate bikeways from driving traffic wherever feasible;
M-1.19: Walking Safety. When designing projects, the City shall prioritize designs that encourage walking and improve walking safety best practice designs and considerations for efficiencies in walking;
LUP-2.2 Interconnected City. The City should establish a network of interconnected activity centers, corridors, parks, and neighborhoods that promote walking, bicycling, and mass transit use as viable alternatives to private vehicles;
YPRO-1.15 Path Connections. The City shall maintain existing and pursue new connections to local and regional shared-use paths, especially when connecting to public parkland;
YPRO-1.17 - Waterway Recreation and Access: The City shall work with regional partners, State agencies, non-profit and community groups, private landowners, and land developers to manage, preserve, improve, and enhance use and access to the Sacramento and American River Parkways, urban waterways and riparian corridors to increase public access for active and passive recreation and habitat values;
YPRO-1.18 Integrated Parks and Recreation System. The City shall continue to provide an integrated system of parks, open space areas, and recreational facilities that are safe, connect diverse communities, acknowledge neighborhood context, protect and provide access to nature, integrate with adjacent developments, and make efficient use of land and open space.
As part of the 2040 General Plan, the Pocket/Greenhaven Community also includes the following policies:
PG-YPRO-1 River Parkway. Concurrent with the Sacramento River Parkway Project, the City shall explore ways to add accessible pedestrian entrances from adjacent neighborhoods to the shared-use path along the river, including by formalizing existing informal access points, particularly focusing on residential areas that lack park access within a 10-minute walk.
PG-YPRO-2 Parkways/Greenways. The City shall continue to improve and maintain the parkway/ greenbelt network and public open spaces, including removing fencing and gates and adding access points where feasible, and by exploring strategies to improve connections between greenways and to the Sacramento River Parkway.
The recommendations in this report are in accordance with Sacramento City Code Section 3.56.090 which requires any agreement of $250,000 or more to be approved by City Council, and Sacramento City Code Section 4.04.020 and Sacramento City Council Rules of Procedure, Chapter 7, Section E.2.d, which requires additional posting time for all agreements greater than $1 million; this item was published for 10-day review on September 30, 2026, in compliance with the City Code.
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EconomicImpacts
Economic Impacts: None.
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EnvironmentalConsiderations
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): On October 14, 2025, the City Council based on its review of the previously certified EIR for the Sacramento River Parkway Plan Update, the previously adopted Findings of Fact and Findings of Overriding Considerations, the 2019 Addendum, and the Initial Study and Addendum for the Project, approved Resolution No.2025-0274 and found that the EIR and Addendum reflect the City Council’s independent judgment and analysis, and certified the EIR and the Addendum for the proposed Project, and re-adopted the Findings of Fact and Findings of Overriding Considerations.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): On May 26, 2026, Caltrans as the NEPA lead agency, approved the NEPA Categorical Exclusion for the project, determining it as a Categorical Exclusion under 23 CFR 771.117(c)(3).
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Sustainability
Sustainability: The proposed project supports City Council’s sustainability priorities. The transportation sector accounts for 57% of community-wide greenhouse gas emissions, the largest single sector in the community. The City’s Climate Action Plan includes several implementation measures to reduce vehicle trips. The project would increase active transportation, reduce vehicular trips, and help ensure more efficient vehicular flow. These actions will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help improve local air quality.
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Commission/Committee Action
Commission/Committee Action: The Sacramento River Parkway Project was presented as a discussion item to the Active Transportation Commission on June 15, 2023. The project was presented to the Disabilities Advisory Commission (DAC) as a discussion item on September 4, 2024, requesting that the project improve access to Sleepy River Way. Improvements to this access location have been included in the project.
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RationaleforRecommendation
Rationale for Recommendation: City Council action is required to appropriate federal funding to the project and to execute a Supplemental Agreement No. 13 to City Agreement No. 2022-0035 with Wood Rodgers, Inc.
On July 15, 2026, Caltrans authorized $2,420,000 for right of way acquisitions and an additional $550,000 for final design. Approval by the City Council is necessary to appropriate the federal funds to the Sacramento River Parkway Project (K15185000).
In Spring 2021, the City advertised a competitive selection process for professional services to choose a consulting firm for preliminary engineering, and Wood Rodgers was hired following the award of City Agreement No. 2022-0035. The procurement process was structured so the City could award the final design contract contingent upon satisfactory performance during preliminary engineering and environmental clearance. Wood Rodgers, Inc., the top ranked firm of the selection process, successfully completed the initial phase, meeting all requirements and expectations. Based on this performance, staff recommends awarding the next phase-including plans, specifications, estimates (PS&E), and right of way (ROW) services-to Wood Rodgers, ensuring continuity and expertise as the project moves to final design and bid advertisement.
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FinancialConsiderations
Financial Considerations: The estimated cost to complete the final design of the project, acquire the right-of-way needed to construct the planned segment one between Garcia Bend Park and Audubon Circle, and initiate the process of securing the right-of-way needed to construct the planned second phase through Zacharias Park is approximately $3,870,000. With the approval of $2,970,000 (Federal Capital Grants, Fund 3703), there will be sufficient funding to execute Supplement Agreement No. 13 to City Agreement No. 2022-0035 with Wood Rodgers, Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed $2,322,123 and complete final design of the project while securing the right of way needed to construct the project through Audubon Circle.
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LocalBusinessEnterprise
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): This is a federally funded project, therefore the City’s LBE requirements are held in abeyance.
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