TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Michael Gibson, Parks and Recreation Director
Rob Stone PE, Construction Management Director
Jody Picarella, Chief Financial Officer
Kimberly Leonard, CLGFO, CLGBO, CPA, MPA, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: February 27, 2023
RE:
Title
Adoption of Capital Project Ordinance Amendments 2023-2023-21, 2023-22, and 2023-23 for Parks & Recreation Bond Projects and to Award the Contract for General Construction to Mohammad Construction, LLC for Mable C. Smith Park Bond Project.
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
District 2
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
Council is asked to adopt Capital Project Ordinance Amendments (CPOA's) 2023-21, 2023-22, and 2023-23 to re-appropriate additional funding to Mable C. Smith Park and to award the contract for the general construction to Mohammad Construction, LLC, the apparent lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
CPOA 2023-21 will reduce the current appropriation of the State Direct Grant funding for facility improvements to the Dorothy Gilmore Therapeutic Recreation Center by $713,320, and CPOA 2023-22 will re-appropriate $272,000 of bond issuance appropriation phase 2 to provide additional funding for park improvements to Mable C. Smith Park.
Background:
On March 15, 2016, Fayetteville voters passed a $35 million bond referendum for parks and recreation projects including several new projects as well as renovations to a few existing parks and facilities. Since voters approved the bond package, several projects have been completed and several more are currently under construction or under design.
Included in the bond package were improvements to the Mable C. Smith Park, including the construction of a 2,900 SF building, expansion of the existing parking lot, a new splash p...
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