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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Griffin Structures, Inc. in the Amount Not-to-Exceed $1,077,000, Including a 5% Contingency, for Project Management of the City Aquatic Center, Estimated to Cost $30 Million and Located on the West Side of Sweeney Park. (Recreation 10051400)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Aquatic Center (Center) will provide critical additional pool space to meet the increasing and unmet community needs for competitive and recreational aquatic programs. Construction of this facility is estimated to cost $30 million based upon a City Council approved conceptual design with a 30-meter competition pool, a recreational pool, associated building with locker rooms, office space, restrooms, and community room as well as the associated parking lot and amenities to support the Center. Public input will be solicited and options provided to City Council for a 50-meter pool and potential infrastructure improvements for remaining areas of Jean Sweeney Open Space Park.
This is a significant and complex project for the City of Alameda (City) with a design-build approach rather than the traditional design-bid-build approach. Although new for the City, the design-build process is well suited for this type of project and will provide cost and time efficiencies. Griffin Structures was selected from a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process and is uniquely qualified to manage this project with extensive aquatic center and design-build project management experience in public sector environments and a strong team of aquatics experts, Certified Construction Managers, and Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Associates.
BACKGROUND
In the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 budget, City Council authorized funding for the City Aquatic Center conceptual design. In January and February 2020, the City held community workshops on...
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