Fiscal Note
This resolution would authorize the City to enter into a $132,000 contract for architectural services relating to the Tenney Park shelter. Funding for this project is included in the Parks Division 2010 Capital Budget, Project Number #15 "Tenney Shelter" (page 272). A total of $1,200,000 is budgeted for the shelter project, consisting of General Obligation Debt of $500,000 and $700,000 of private donations. It is anticipated that additional public and private funding may eventually be required for shoreline and parking improvements.
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To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a $132,000 contract with Plunkett Raysich Architects for architectural services to complete the design and construction of the Tenney Park Shelter. (AD 2)
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PREAMBLE
In 2007, a group of Tenney Park supporters proposed replacing the current Tenney Park shelter with a new, larger multipurpose shelter that would better serve the needs of the community. The City budgeted for the project in the 2009 Adopted Capital Budget authorizing funding of $500,000 from General Obligation debt and $700,000 of private donations. This funding is reauthorized in the 2010 Adopted Capital Budget. The conceptual preliminary design process, which occurred in 2008, included the neighborhood, the Board of Park Commissioners, Landmarks and Urban Design Commissions. To date, the architectural and engineering design services have been performed by Plunkett Raysich Architects, with their fees being paid by private sources.
To complete the shelter construction project scheduled for 2011 as a Public Works Project, the Architect should be under contract to the City, and can be paid from the 2010 budgeted amount.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to enter into a contract with Plunkett Raysich Architects to provide architectural and engineering design services for plans, specifications, bidding, and construction administration to complete the ...
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