TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, including any necessary amendments, with Exbon Development, Inc., of Garden Grove, CA, for critical structural and roofing improvements to the Stearns Park Community Center, in the amount of $762,810, plus a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $114,422, for a total contract amount not to exceed $877,232. (District 4)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Exbon Development, Inc., to provide construction services required for urgently needed improvements at the Stearns Park Community Center Project (Project). This critical project is increasingly time sensitive as major elements must be completed prior to the next rainy season in order to prevent further structural deterioration, and to avoid significantly extended closure of the Stearns Park Community Center (Community Center) to the public.
The Community Center is an approximately 5,000 square-foot single-story building with concrete masonry unit walls and a wood-framed roof structure. Due to visual evidence of deterioration of the roof, a structural assessment of the Community Center was conducted. The structural assessment noted the following deficiencies:
· Long-term weather exposure resulted in significant structural rot deterioration at the ends of the exposed roof beams. Deterioration exists at each beam and consists of termite damage, dry rot, and separation of the beams;
· On the south side of the building, the lumber headers show signs of dry rot and termite damage. These headers support the low roof framing, provide support for the window system, and serve as the bearing surface for the roof beams; and,
· Dry rot and termite damage is present at the jambs and headers of the smaller windows in the southeast corner of the building and at the north entry.
Based on the above observed conditions and assessments, the structural engineer recommended the ...
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