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CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-1718-72, APPROVAL OF CONTRACT K-1819-47 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND SUN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, L.L.C., IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,017; PERFORMANCE BOND B-1819-22, STATUTORY BOND B-1819-23, MAINTENANCE BOND MB-1819-11, FOR THE SOONER THEATRE DRESSING ROOM RENOVATION PROJECT AND RESOLUTION R-1819-17 GRANTING TAX-EXEMPT STATUS.
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BACKGROUND: During the Fiscal Year Ending 2018 budget process, City Council approved a project for seat replacement and other interior renovations for the Sooner Theatre. Last year we completed a project to replace all 535 seats in the space and also replace the audio system in the auditorium, which has greatly enhanced the experience for the patrons. Also, several different rounds of improvements have been done over the past decades to improve the theatre's mechanical systems, offices, sweet shop, carpet, stage curtains, roof, sign, box office, fixtures, and finishes. It is now time to make improvements to the dressing room space below the stage, in order to make a much-needed upgrade to the performer's experience at the theatre.
DISCUSSION: Several of the improvements at the Sooner Theatre have been guided by the design team from Krittenbrink Architecture-who is our architect-of-record for the theatre's multi-year project. Parks and Recreation and Sooner Theatre staff worked with Krittenbrink's team again to produce a program of improvements to the wall and floor finishes, prop and costume storage spaces, stairway surfacing, dressing and microphone prep areas and kitchenette area below the main stage. A Request for Proposals (RFP) for construction of the designed improvements was advertised in The Norman Transcript on May 25 and June 1 of this year, and was also sent to several plan rooms for advertisement. Plans were distributed to eight local general contractors, three of whom submitted complete proposals for the work shown in the plans and specification...
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