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CONTRACT K-1819-133: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN AND CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,575 TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK SERVICES FOR THE NORMAN FORWARD RUBY GRANT PARK DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND RESOLUTION R-1819-102 GRANTING TAX EXEMPT STATUS.
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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 of these projects was the development of Ruby Grant Park.
DISCUSSION: The Master Plan for the Ruby Grant Park Site was approved by City Council in January of 2008. The project will include entry and parking areas, a competitive cross country trail facility, multi-purpose trails and walkways, dog park, disc golf course, playground area, picnic pavilions, and restroom facilities. Howell and VanCuren, Landscape Architects have been working to develop the construction documents that will be used to build the park improvements. Those documents are currently at 60% completion and expected to be ready for bidding later this summer.
The City's Project Management Consultants from ADG have participated throughout the entire design development process. As part of this process, we have determined that this project would be a good opportunity to utilize the Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) process, instead of a Design-Bid-Build process that we have utilized in the past. We have utilized the CMaR process on the Westwood Indoor Tennis project, which has proven to be a successful process for completing the project.
In February we advertised and received CMaR service proposals from seven management service companies. Three companies were ...
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