HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-11-22 - AGENDA REPORTS - PLAYGROUND EQUIP CONTR M0045 (2)CONSENT CALENDAR
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SUBJECT:
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Agenda Item: 14
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by:
November 22, 2005
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT UPGRADES - PROJECT
NUMBER: M0045 - AWARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council approve the appropriation of $30,000 from Council Contingency Account Number
2250-7401 to Account Number M0045001-8001 (Playground Equipment Upgrades Project
M0045) to fully fund the project with a 10% contingency.
Award construction contract to John Burgeson Contractors, Inc., in the amount of $237,119, and
authorize a 10% contingency in the amount of $ 23,712 from Account Number M0045001-8001.
Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents, subject to City Attorney
approval.
Authorize staff to recognize $25,000 in estimated revenues in Account Number 453-5112 and
appropriate $25,000 to Account Number M0045453-8001 to properly account for the California
Integrated Waste Management Board Grant.
BACKGROUND
This project comprises three components of improvements; play equipment renovation, a shade
canopy installation, and two park sign installations. The play equipment at Santa Clarita.Park
and Valencia Glen Park no longer meets the current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
requirements and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) standards for public
playgrounds. The existing play areas will be replaced with new play equipment, silica sand, and
rubberized surfacing materials.
In July 2005, the City received a $25,000 grant for this project from the California Integrated
Waste Management Board (CIWMB) for playground surfacing under the Waste Tire Playground
Cover Grant Program. Allocation of this grant is included in the recommended action.
As part of the public participation process for the playground design at Santa Clarita Park, staff
met with the Saugus Action Committee (SAC) and the Arts and Events staff to receive feedback.
Staff received very strong input from the SAC to retain the "robot" at Santa Clarita Park. Due to
the current Americans with Disabilities Act requirements and the Consumer Product Safety
Commission standards for public playgrounds, the City is required to take the robot out of
service as a piece of play equipment. In October 2005, staff returned to SAC with a design to
retain the robot as a form of art in the park and it was acceptable to the committee.
The project budget will incorporate the robot as a piece of artwork in the park. Access to the
robot's slides will be sealed up and the structure will be surrounded with a concrete seatwall,
landscaping, and irrigation. An identification placard to explain the history of the robot at Santa
Clarita Park will be added.
Further, this project will also address two projects identified in the 2005 Parks, Recreation, and
Community Services Commission priorities: the annual playground shade program, and the
installation of the park monument signs. Therefore, Pamplico Park play area will be retrofitted
with a shade canopy and monument signs will be installed at Santa Clarita and Newhall Parks
as part of this project.
The following is a list of the three bids received with regard to this project:
Contractor
John Burgeson Contractors, Inc., Santa Clarita
Thomsen Landscape, Reseda
Malibu Pacific Tennis Courts, Inc., Westlake
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Total Base Bid Amount
$ 237,118.86
$ 273,993.75
$ 329,712.00
The City Council Contingency Fund balance is $714,677. Transfer funds in the amount of
$30,000 from Council Contingency Fund Account Number 2250-7401 to Account Number
M0045-001-8001. Recognize $25,000 in estimated revenues in Account Number 453-5112 and
appropriate $25,000 to Account Number M0045-453-8001 to properly account for the California
Integrated Waste Management Board Grant. Funds for this expenditure have been budgeted in
the Fiscal Year 2005-06 budget. Funds for the remainder of this expenditure have been budgeted
in the Fiscal Year 2005-06 budget in M045-001-8001.
ATTACHMENTS
Playground Equipment Upgrades Location Map