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1 <br />ORD- 2014 -040 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 21, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -e <br />SUBJECT: Orange County SportsPlex Lobby Budget Amendment #2 -B <br />DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />Finance, Department of <br />Environment, Agriculture, <br />Parks and Recreation, Orange <br />County SportsPlex <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jeff Thompson, (919) 245 -2658 <br />Clarence Grier, (919) 245 -2453 <br />David Stancil, (919) 245 -2522 <br />John Stock, (919) 644 -0339 <br />PURPOSE: To approve Budget Amendment #2 -B re- purposing appropriated SportsPlex funds <br />for improved ice skate compatible flooring and restroom partitions. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County SportsPlex is currently undergoing lobby renovations to <br />add a second fitness studio; expand the existing main studio; and install a girls /women's hockey <br />change room. These renovations are supported by incremental programmable revenues and <br />are scheduled to be complete in the fall of 2014. <br />The Board awarded the construction bid for the SportsPlex lobby renovations in June of this <br />year. In 2012, the lobby project was originally designed as a cosmetic renovation involving <br />primarily new paint and improved ice skate compatible flooring. Upon further examination by <br />SportsPlex staff, the focus of the renovation transformed from solely a cosmetic improvement to <br />one addressing the significant need for more programmable space to accommodate its current <br />and future growth. <br />Originally, $165,000 was appropriated by the Board to address the cosmetic renovation. The <br />project designer, Ben Burke, estimated the cost of the revised, programmable space at <br />$330,000, well within the total appropriated budget of $440,000 for the scope elements involved <br />in the design. <br />The awarded bid for the project to Riggs- Harrod Builders of Raleigh was for $429,500, just <br />under the appropriated $440,000 for the project. This bid award did not include the skate <br />compatible flooring and the restroom partition improvements as these elements were deferred <br />for future replacement. <br />SportsPlex staff has since evaluated other project appropriations. Within the FY2013 -14 <br />Capital Investment Plan (CIP), the Board appropriated $125,000 for the replacement of the <br />