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CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. RFP-1314-41, CONTRACT NO. K-1314-116 WITH SHAW CONTRACTING, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $143,000; PERFORMANCE BOND NO. B-1314-72; STATUTORY BOND NO. B-1314-73, MAINTENANCE BOND NO. MB-1314-74, AND PROJECT AGENT RESOLUTION NO. R-1314-96 FOR THE ANDREWS PARK PAVILION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION FROM ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NORMAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $56,000, AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION.
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BACKGROUND: The City Council adopted the 2009 Parks and Recreation Master Plan in November, 2009, which included several recommendations for city-wide improvements to the parks. The number one recommendation from the Master Plan was to renovate the existing parks. Andrews Park was one identified with a high priority for renovation and updating.
During the Fiscal Year Ending 2014 Capital Budget process, City Council approved funding for the Andrews Park Pavilion Construction Project. This project is for the installation of a new stone and timber rental shelter at Andrews Community Park. The project was proposed in response to a request from the Norman Assistance League to help fund a project to celebrate their 40th Anniversary of service in Norman.
In August, 2012, Norman citizens approved a package of transportation projects to be funded through a General Obligation Bond referendum. By doing this, there was a substantial amount of funds that were already programmed in the City's 5-year Capital Improvements Plan that were "freed up" for other projects at the direction of the Council. At a Capital Budget Study Session on February 26, 2013, City Council discussed making some of those savings available for park improvement projects, in accordance with the 2009 Master Plan recommendations. Those discussions led to the re-programming of some of the funds that were previously approved for transportation project improvements to be used for park improvements, by Council's adoption of the fiscal year 2013-2014 Capi...
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