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CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-1819-26, APPROVAL OF CONTRACT K-1819-106 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND PLAYWELL GROUP/PLAYWORKS, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $174,000; PERFORMANCE BOND B-1819-59, STATUTORY BOND B-1819--60, AND MAINTENANCE BOND MB-1819-46 FOR THE PRAIRIE CREEK PARK PROJECT AND THE ADOPTION OF PROJECT AGENT RESOLUTION R-1819-74.
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BACKGROUND: On October 13, 2015, Norman citizens passed the Norman Forward Initiative which will fund various projects through a one-half percent (1/2 %) sales tax increase over 15 years. Included in the Norman Forward Initiative is a project to make improvements to all of the city's neighborhood parks. The funds for this project are "pay-as-you-go", meaning that we can only do a few park projects per year as the funds from the sales tax are collected. Knowing this, Park Planning staff worked to identify a set of criteria to determine which parks had the most immediate needs to bring them up to the standards we expect in our public parks. The overall NORMAN FORWARD Neighborhood Park Improvement plan was presented to the Board of Park Commissioners in March of 2017; and then to the City Council in May for approval of our plan to spend the first five years of funding. After completing renovation projects at our two most needy parks in the first two years of the program, Prairie Creek Park has been identified as the next park for playground and park improvements. The Prairie Creek Park improvements include a major playground replacement with synthetic grass safety surfacing, new park furnishings (picnic tables, benches and trash cans), a perimeter walking trail and a new picnic pavilion.
DISCUSSION: On 7 and 14 December 2018, Request for Proposal RFP-1819-26 for the Prairie Creek Park Playground Project was advertised in the Norman Transcript, Southwest Construction News, e-Plan, i-Square Foot, Bid News and Dodge Report. Requests for proposals were distributed to five play...
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