TOWN STAFF REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
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Discuss, consider and act regarding Resolution 24-52 to approve the expenditure and award a contract to Geo Surfaces for the Westlake Academy Field Renovation project in an amount not to exceed $2,140,000 of which $1,640,000 will be reimbursed to the Town by donations. (Wade Carroll).
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STAFF: Wade Carroll, Town Manager
BACKGROUND:
A group of donors have requested that improvements be made to the Westlake Academy football and soccer fields. Improvements include additions and improvement made to the drainage system, recrowning and adding new live turf, goal posts, soccer goals and irrigation improvements to the football field, and adding synthetic turf, goal posts and soccer goals to the soccer or multipurpose field. There will also be a new scoreboard installed.
DISCUSSION:
Several donors, the Athletic Director and members of the Westlake Academy Foundation have expressed an interest in making drainage, lighting, and playing surface improvements on the Westlake Academy football and multipurpose fields. The grass playing surfaces are plagued with drainage issues that make the fields unusable for long periods of time after rainstorms. The multipurpose field gets a greater amount of use and therefore ware because it is used as a playground and other school activities. Both playing surfaces are uneven, filled with a mixture of grass and weeds, and could be considered dangerous to athletes and children. The Town has a Westlake Academy fund for campus capital improvements with a balance of $3,234,378, of which $1,118,050 is specifically reserved for improvements to athletic facilities.
The staff is requesting that the Town assist the Foundation and the Donors in the rehabilitation of fields as described above in an amount not to exceed $500,000. The total price of the project is expected to be $2,139,390 with the difference in funding coming from donations. Other than the field lighting and the temporary t...
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