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CONTRACT K-1516-45: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND FREDGREN QUALITY WORKS, LC, IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,460 FOR THE LITTLE AXE CENTER KITCHEN REMODEL PROJECT, ADOPTION OF PROJECT AGENT RESOLUTION R-1516-13, AND BUDGET TRANSFER BETWEEN PROJECT ACCOUNTS.
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BACKGROUND: Each year, the Capital Improvement Project Budget includes a project to cover costs associated with existing facility maintenance; and includes all City departments' requests. One item on that list is a $30,000 project for the remodel of the kitchen and storage room area at the Little Axe Community Center. There is also a current Capital Improvement project for Little Axe Improvements which has been used over the past four years to upgrade this site (including replacement of all the fencing and lighting at the sports fields, construction of a new restroom and concession building, reconstruction of the walkways at the facility to make them ADA compliant and improvements to the parking and playground areas). The remaining funds in this project will be used to make final improvements to the parking lots (crack seal, seal-coat, and striping). There is projected to be a $40,000 balance left in the multi-year Capital Improvement project after the final parking lot work, which we would like to use to fund a portion of the kitchen remodel project.
Over the years, the Little Axe Community Center has experienced increased usage and programming. This has included a building addition that added a classroom west of the kitchen for the Head Start program. Because of this, the kitchen has added more equipment and appliances, which have made the area cramped. To help free up space, we propose to remove the south kitchen wall between it and two large storage rooms to create a larger kitchen with one food pantry closet at the south end of the expanded kitchen. There have also been requests to add a counter/window in the east kitchen wall between that room and the main dining/re...
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