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CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. RFP-1314-34, CONTRACT NO. K-1314-109 WITH Z-FLOOR COMPANY, LTD., IN THE AMOUNT OF $67,620; PERFORMANCE BOND NO. B-1314-61; STATUTORY BOND NO. B-1314-62; MAINTENANCE BOND NO. MB-1314-64; AND PROJECT AGENT RESOLUTION NO. R-1314-86 FOR THE 12TH AVENUE RECREATION CENTER GYM FLOOR REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: Since 1975, the Parks and Recreation Department has operated the 12th Avenue Recreation Center. Over the years, this facility has been home to numerous sports leagues and after school programs, as well as sports camps, summer camps, special events and open gym hours. The facility includes a basketball gymnasium with portable bleachers, a gymnastics room, a large multi-purpose room, a smaller game room, office space, restrooms and various equipment storage areas. The gymnasium currently has a Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) floor which has been in place for decades. Over time, there have been hundreds of adult basketball league games, volleyball leagues and countless rentals for dances, receptions, and parties. The current floor has been worn to the point of needing replacement. After replacing the floors earlier this year at the Whittier and Irving Recreation Centers, staff determined that the best option for the new gym flooring would be to overlay the existing VCT floor with a rolled rubber flooring system as was done at the other facilities. Similar floors are the standard in new school and recreation facility gymnasiums in Norman, Oklahoma City and other locations in the state.
The chosen contractor will work with Parks and Recreation staff to complete the floor replacements before the summer months when there are all-day summer camp activities at the site. Work will be scheduled to occur between spring break and the summer camp session, when there are no nighttime adult league programs scheduled. Based on the process observed to install the floors at Irving and Whittier, staff is confiden...
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