SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve Williamson Dacar Associates of Clearwater, Florida, as the Architect of Record (AOR) to complete a feasibility study to enhance and/or repurpose areas of the Main Library to coordinate with modifications to Coachman Park as an element of Imagine Clearwater; approve a Work Order in the amount of $99,520; and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
March 29, 2017, letters were sent to the City’s AOR’s to determine firms that would be interested in completing a feasibility study for enhancement and/or repurposing of the Main Library as identified in the Imagine Clearwater Master Plan.
Four firms responded and oral presentations to the City’s selection committee were completed on May 25, 2017. The committee, consisting of the Assistant City Manager, the Library Director and the Assistant Directors of Planning and Development and Engineering, recommends Williamson Dacar for the study. This recommendation is based upon the proposed study approach, experience and capabilities of the firm and qualifications of personnel.
Williamson Dacar Associates will be completing a feasibility study to enhance and/or repurpose areas of the Main Library to coordinate with modifications to Coachman Park as an element of Imagine Clearwater in the amount of $99,520.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
0315-94892-561100-579-000-0000 $99,520
Funding is available in Capital Improvement Program project 0315-94892, Imagine Clearwater Implementation, to fund the work order.