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AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO CONTRACT K-1718-120: BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AND FLINTCO, L.L.C., INCREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $1,381,931 FOR A REVISED CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $1,480,612 FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK SERVICES TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORMAN FORWARD WESTWOOD TENNIS CENTER INDOOR COURT FACILITY PROJECT AND BUDGET APPROPRIATION FROM THE NORMAN FORWARD FUND BALANCE.
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BACKGROUND: On 13 October 2015, the citizens of Norman voted to fund the Norman Forward Quality of Life projects with a limited term 1/2% sales tax increase for 15 years. This initiative included a number of high priority projects identified in the 2014 Library Master Plan Update, the 2009 Norman Parks and Recreation Master Plan and additional projects designed to provide recreational opportunities for Norman residents. One such project was to make improvements to the Westwood Tennis Center.
DISCUSSION: The Westwood Tennis Center Improvement Project was planned to construct a two-court indoor tennis facility to replace the existing courts Number 6 & 7, located on the east side of the entry walk at the facility, and also to construct two new outdoor courts at the site, in order to maintain the proper number of outdoor courts required by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to host the large sectional tournaments that have been awarded to Westwood over the past decade. The new outdoor courts have already been constructed in the area along Robinson Street north of the Pro Shop. The new indoor facility will include two new post-tensioned concrete tennis courts, including all surfacing, nets and striping; however, instead of a perimeter fence, the two courts will be enclosed by a tensioned fabric structure similar to the one constructed recently at Will Rogers Tennis Center in Oklahoma City, which staff toured and discussed with the staff at that park. The new building will include perimeter and between-court netting and screening; heat, ven...
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