Subject
Construction Contract Award for City Hall and adjacent projects.
Summary and Background
2014 – Councilors and community members identified current space doesn’t meet Community needs.
2016 – Ascent Architecture did a space needs analysis for city hall.
–Included utility billing, finance, planning, building, administration, and municipal court.
2017 – Architects West completed a city facility assessment
- City Hall
- Community Center
- Carnegie Building
- Public Library Building
(Major ADA deficiencies in current City Hall and Carnegie Building)
- At this point 5 different options were studied and evaluated. The staff recommended option supported by the council was to build a new city hall on the existing site with expanded parking in the back. The reasons for supporting
- Increased efficiency
- One Location
- Four front counters to two
- Reinforce Festival Street and Downtown commitment
- Allows future expansion for police department
2019 - Furnace Fire in City Hall. This event brought forward a discussion that was coming in a couple of years.
Project Timeline
Oct 2020 - Library Remodel Begins
Jan 2021 - City Hall Bidding
Feb 2021 - Library Remodel Complete
March 2021 - Potential City Hall Construction Begins
End of 2022 - Potential Completion of City Hall Construction
Tie-In to Council Goals:
Goal 7 - Provide City Facilities That Meet the Current and Future Needs of the Hermiston Community
Fiscal Information
Below are the bid numbers including the additional work in a parking lot and in water/sewer line construction.
We issued $9.6 million in bonds and I will round the library project up to $1 million. That leaves us with $8.6 for this project. The Base Bid numbers below include approximately $400,000 in costs from different sources. After getting the contractor on board, we will be able to get the specifics on those costs. With our current calculations we will have money available for furnishings and possibly some left over to begin planning for phase 2 at the library.
|
Bidder
|
Base Bid
|
|
Chervenell Construction – Kennewick, WA
|
$9,606,000
|
|
Fowler General Contractor – Richland, WA
|
$11,484,000
|
|
Griffin Construction – The Dalles, OR
|
$8,660,000
|
|
Kirby Nagelhout Construction – Bend, OR
|
$8,858,000
|
|
Knerr Construction – Hermiston, OR
|
$10,765,000
|
|
|
|
|
Architects West/Anderson Perry Estimate
|
$8,968,000
|
Alternatives and Recommendation
Alternatives
1. Adopt Resolution 2172 and award the contract to Griffin Construction.
2. Direct staff to rebid the project.
Recommendation
Award the contract to Griffin Construction.
Requested Action/Motion
Motion to approve Resolution 2172.
Submitted By: Byron D. Smith