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Resolution to Approve a Contract with Krull Construction to Build a Skatepark in Veterans Memorial Park ($1,031,592.60), Appropriate Funds, Amend Project Budget, and Approve Operating Agreement (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve a $1,031,592.60 contract with Krull Construction for construction of an in-ground concrete skatepark in Veterans Memorial Park, appropriate funds, and amend the project budget. The resolution also requests approval of an operating agreement for the skatepark between the City and the Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark (“FOAAS”)
The Skatepark will be a world class facility and destination that will attract community skaters and visitors to Ann Arbor. Combined with recent renovations to the ball fields the Skatepark will enhance Veterans Memorial Park. If approved, construction will begin this summer with the goal of all concrete work to be completed by the end of the construction season. Landscaping and other finishing would occur in the spring of 2014.
The following three bids were received in response to ITB 4285:
Krull Construction - $1,191,738.00*
Bernco, Inc. - $1,251,104.00
Gerace Construction - $1,275,273.00
*Lowest Responsible Bid
The bids received were higher than anticipated - original construction costs were estimated to be approximately $900,000.00. The City elected to decrease the total contract amount through adjustments to the project scope and material and equipment alternates. Adjustments included replacing decorative ground cover with grass, plant plugs with seed, replacing rebar with structural fibers, and eliminating some decorative boulders. Additionally soil spoils will be left on site, and regraded and seeded, which saves on hauling costs. These adjustments resulted in a total contract amount of $1,041,592.60. Krull Construction, a local company, also generously donated $10,000.00 toward the project by reducing the total contract amount to $1,03...
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