Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to modify an existing contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for the Gender Road Park and McCoy Park Improvements Project. There is no funding increase involved with this modification at this time. Future legislation will modify this contract to add funding once the revised scope is realized and the existing purchase order is exhausted.
In June of 2023, Ordinance 1418-2023 authorized the Director to enter into contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to provide architectural and engineering services for the Gender Road Park and McCoy Park Improvements Project, in the amount of $413,402.82. The project involved master planning, conceptual design, park programming, and public engagement. The contract had a planned first modification, Ordinance 1031-2024, in June 2024 for an additional $1,200,000.00 to complete the detailed design phase and furnish complete construction documents.
This second modification does not add additional funds to the project but revises the scope of work to be completed using the remaining $449,204.60 on the contract and extends the contract through December 31, 2027. With McCoy Park likely being leased in its entirety to the Confluence Community Authority (the NCA) and then subleased to NEWCO for the purposes of a National Women’s Soccer League training facility, it is necessary for Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to provide master planning, conceptual design, park programming, and public engagement related to alternative sites where community park amenities can be provided in Southwest Columbus. It is also important to identify alternative sites where therapeutic recreation offerings can be made available for all Columbus residents. A third and final modification will be forthcoming in order to provide detailed design and construction documents for recreation amenities for at least one alternative site. The original proje...
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