CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 19, 2016
PREPARED BY: Cynthia Iwanaga, Management Analyst/Community Services
APPROVED BY: City Manager
TITLE
AWARD CENTENNIAL RECREATION CENTER LOCKER ROOM TILE FLOOR PROJECT
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt resolution approving the following actions:
1. Approve project specifications;
2. Award contract to STB Stone, Inc. for the Centennial Recreation Center Locker Room Tile Floor Project in the amount of $159,200;
3. Authorize the expenditure of construction contingency funds not to exceed $15,920; and
4. Authorize the City Manager to execute and administer that certain construction contract with STB Stone, Inc.
BODY
COUNCIL PRIORITIES, GOALS & STRATEGIES:
Ongoing Priorities
Enhancing public safety
Maintaining fiscal responsibility
2016 Focus Areas
Enhancing Our Services
REPORT NARRATIVE:
When the Centennial Recreation Center (CRC) was constructed in 2006, the locker room and restroom floors were built using white, one inch tiles and a light grey grout. Although initially aesthetically pleasing, the CRC maintenance team discovered shortly after the facility opened that this color scheme makes it extremely difficult to maintain a clean, sanitary look. Fitness industry research has shown that customers often based their opinions of a facility's overall cleanliness on the cleanliness and appeal of its locker room. For several years, to ease the maintenance required to maintain clean looking floors, the City has paid contractors to apply a tile sealant and grout treatment. This sealant, which must be completely reapplied every other year and touched up in between, has not performed adequately and the floors continue to look dirty.
In recognizing the need for a better solution, staff researched and visited facilities to explore alternative tiling options to resolve this maintenance issue. As a result, the hallway restrooms at the CRC were successfully redone with larger, darker til...
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