DEPARTMENT: Facilities Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Approval Of Unified Schematic Design And Authorization To Amend Professional Services Contract With ALLiiANCE For Empire Maintenance Facility Redevelopment Project
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WHEREAS, Improvements were completed at the Empire Maintenance Facility in 2020, including only part of the proposed South Building due to budget constraints; and
WHEREAS, with unmet needs identified, an addition to the South Building was included in the 2024-2028 Facilities Capital Improvement Program Adopted Budget and partially funded in 2024; and
WHEREAS, a previously proposed project to develop a new maintenance facility in Hampton was not approved to proceed; and
WHEREAS, the County Board instead directed staff to develop and present an alternate to the Hampton facility that would meet its objectives of closing the existing Hastings and Farmington Shops through a phased approach; and
WHEREAS, ALLiiANCE was selected as the consultant firm to provide early phase design services for this project by Resolution No. 24-147 (March 26, 2024); and
WHEREAS, ALLiiANCE and staff were authorized to develop a unified design for phased equipment storage and an office addition for Transportation Department staff by Resolution No. 24-564 (December 3, 2024); and
WHEREAS, the unified design for phased equipment storage would construct an approximate 53,400 square foot storage addition to the South Building by mid-2029 (Phase 1) to allow for future closure and sale of the Hastings Highway Shop site; and
WHEREAS, the unified design would also construct an approximate 22,200 square foot new Pre-Fabricated Cold Storage Building in 2032 (Phase 2) to allow for the closure and sale of the Farmington Highway Shop site; and
WHEREAS, additional efforts to complete the design through construction are necessary; and
WHEREAS, ALLiiANCE has provided a proposal to provide design through construction closeout for an approximat...
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