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CONTRACT K-2021-109: A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THE NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY, AND HEALTHY LIVING & FITNESS, INC., FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP RELATED TO THE LEASE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY'S SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER.
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BACKGROUND: Norman voters approved the Norman Forward Quality of Life Projects Sales Tax of 2015 (NFST), which provided a one-half (1/2) percent sales tax dedicated to fund a number of Quality of Life projects, including a Senior Wellness Facility (the "Facility"). The City approved a contract with Frankfurt-Short-Bruza Associates ("FSB") in August of 2019 for the design of the Facility. Initially, FSB was developing designs for a facility within the $7.6 million NFST budget, with proposed additional phases should funding become available in the future. On October 29, 2020, Council allocated an additional $4.8 million towards the Facility project with funds that were freed up after the City received federal reimbursements for other unrelated, previously-budgeted expenses.
After the increase in funding, the City approved an amendment to FSB's contract to accommodate the design and construction of the Facility in a single phase on an approximately 4.7-acre site in the southeast corner of the Norman Regional Hospital System's Porter Avenue Wellness Village. In November 2020, Staff released a Request for Proposals related to operation of the Facility. Interviews were later conducted and the City proceeded with negotiations with Healthy Living & Fitness, Inc., an operator of one of Oklahoma City's senior wellness centers.
DISCUSSION: Negotiations have been ongoing with Healthy Living & Fitness, Inc. ("Operator") and have resulted in a proposed Memorandum of Understanding. The terms of the MOU were presented to the Norman Forward Citizen's Financial Oversight Board on March 29, 2021 and City Council on March 30, 2021. Included in the MOU are important terms ag...
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