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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT A CONTINGENCY DONATION FROM GARY NEW DULUTH DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE IF NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE GARY NEW DULUTH REC. CENTER PROJECT, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are hereby authorized to accept a contingency donation from the Gary New Duluth Development Alliance (GNDDA) as needed for the Gary New Duluth Recreation Center Project to pay any project costs over the $500,000 1/2 & 1/2 Tax city contribution to this project up to an amount not to exceed $50,000 with funds to be deposited as follows: Tourism & Recreational Projects 452, Finance 030, Improvements Other than Buildings 5530, Gifts & Donations 4660.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes proper city officials to accept a contingency donation from the GNDDA in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for the Gary New Duluth Recreation Center Project.
This project largely provides the civil and site work infrastructure to support the installation of planned soccer fields, a parking lot and other amenities defined and approved in the Gary New Duluth mini-master plan.
The City of Duluth had committed $500,000 of 1/2 and 1/2 tax funds to support the development of the Gary New Duluth Recreation Center plan, and the GNDDA has raised $500,000 of cash and in-kind contributions to complete projects at the Center.
This contingency donation provides needed funds to complete complex civil/site work that was awarded to Veit & Company (Resolution No. 15-0593R) through a competitive City Purchasing bid process. The initial Veit bid came in at $586,000, but through a value engineering process with City Staff, GNDDA, Kraus-Anderson Construction Company (Resolution No. 15-0596R), and SAS Architects the total cost of the bid has been reduced to $455,750. This bid amount along with the total cost for construction management/administration (Kraus-Anderson...
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