SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Disapprove Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) proposal from Skanska, Inc. of Tampa, FL, for the renovations of the Clearwater Main Library for Imagine Clearwater (17-0031-EN) at the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) of $6,420,156.69 and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
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SUMMARY:
December 19, 2019, City Council approved RFQ #52-19 selecting Skanska as CMAR to provide construction services for Imagine Clearwater.
A 2015 Urban Land Institute study recommended that the library become more activated and connected to the adjacent park through the addition of more flexible and collaborative spaces. Architecture firm Williamson Dacar Associates was engaged to design the renovations including new entryway and staircase at the south side, new gallery and cafe space, and general upgrades to the first-floor public areas.
Construction documents for the renovations to the Clearwater Main Library are complete and Skanska has provided GMP proposal to construct the renovations at the Main Library.
Construction is scheduled to begin in mid-October and will be completed in mid-September of 2021.
At the November 11 work session, staff made a recommendation to not approve the proposal. Council directed staff to take the item off the consent agenda and rewrite item to disapprove the proposal.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
ENGF180013-CONS-CNSTRC $6,420,156.69
Resolution 19-34 was passed on November 21, 2019, establishing the City’s intent to issue Florida Non-Ad Valorem Revenue Bonds, Series 2020 to finance and/or reimburse a portion of the costs of acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, renovation, expansion, improving, and equipping of the Imagine Clearwater Project. Ordinance 9357-20 passed on February 6, 2020 authorized the issuance of the bonds.
A first quarter budget amendment will increase capital project ENGF180013, Imagine Clearwater, by $30,000,000 in future bond proceeds revenue.