CC MEETING: April 5, 2016
DATE: March 30, 2016
TO: Leonard Martin, City Manager
FROM: Brett King, Building Official
Title
Consider Authorizing The City Manager To Reject All Bids Received For The Downtown Municipal Kiosk Project.
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BACKGROUND:
This project involves the renovation of an existing building at 1005 West Main Street to provide public restrooms, a downtown office for the Special Event Coordinator and a storefront/workstation for the Police Department to be used during Downtown events.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
One bid was received on March 22, 2016. The bid price was $438,000.
The design and construction budget originally set up for the project is $95,000.00, which was an extremely preliminary estimate prior to design consultation and before the full scope of the project was determined. Funding for this project is available in the Parks Consolidated Fund Account (Account Unit 854102).
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
Providing public restrooms adjacent to the Downtown Square will help to facilitate the use of the Square as a destination point for Carrollton residents and increase economic activity and development opportunities in the area.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION/ACTION DESIRED:
Due to the singular high bid Staff recommends City Council reject this bid and direct Staff to re-evaluate and re-bid the project at a later date.