REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
February 14, 2019
FROM: PARVIN NELOMS, JR, Director
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department
BY: KRISTINA CHAMBERLIN, Assistant Director
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department
SUBJECT
Title
Award Consultant Contract for design services for 5 Learner Pool Health Code Upgrades and approve a professional consultant agreement in an amount not to exceed $250,000 with O'Dell Engineering, to prepare comprehensive design plans for upgrading learner pools located at Quigley (District 1), Pinedale (District 2), Fink-White (District 3), Romain (District 7) and Einstein (District 7) Neighborhood Parks.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approve the consultant agreement with O'Dell Engineering for the purpose of preparing comprehensive design plans for the upgrades of 5 Learner Pools located at various park sites for a fee not to exceed $250,000 and authorize the PARCS Director or designee to sign all related documents.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 2015, the County of Fresno Environmental Health Department conducted an inspection of the City's 5 Learner Pools and determined improvements were required to bring them in compliance with current health code standards. The City hired Architecture Engineering Consultant, Jones & Madhavan to prepare a comprehensive assessment of each pool to determine feasibility of renovation versus replacement. In their report, dated February 2016, their analysis concluded that renovation and upgrades were appropriate and economical. The engineer's estimate for all 5 pools was just over $366,000.
The City identified a combination of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and other funding sources for the work, and initiated a design-build formal procurement. Unfortunately, only one (1) bid was received. CDBG procurement requires a minimum of two bids to be eligible to use CDBG funding. In addition, the bid amount was more than twice the e...
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