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REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: James H. Patrick, City Manager
SUBJECT: City Hall Bid Opening
MEETING DATE: December 4, 2006
BACKGROUND: In 2000 the City commissioned a space needs study which reflected a need
for approximately 20,000 additional square feet of office space to meet City staff needs. At the
same time, City Council set a City Manager goal to "Resolve Space Needs" for City offices.
Council desired to "get out of leased space," "stay downtown," and "find a solution for the
Police Department space needs." Last year the City was approached by Wells Fargo who owned
a 20,000 square foot bank at the corner of 1st Ave. E and 2nd Street, one block away from current
City Hall. Council purchased the wells Fargo downtown bank building for $1.1 million. It had
been appraised for $1.7 million two years before. Since the bank needed to sell in a short
amount of time, architectural plans and estimates were not possible at decision time.
Grover/Cole and Russell were selected as the architectural team to design and plan the
renovation. They have modified the plans several times to insure the most economical design
that still meets staff s needs. Council requested that options be presented to phase the project or
eliminate aspects of the project. Originally it was anticipated to do this project in phases, but due
to the annual increase in construction costs and the inconvenience to the customer and staff, staff
and the architect recommends proceeding with the entire project. while this is more costly, it is
cheaper overall and better for customer service and less work disruption. Alternate one bid is for
windows in the west wall of the first floor ($4,500). This option could be eliminated. Should
Council decide to phase the remainder of the project, the first floor would be completed first and
administrative offices from current City Hall would be relocated to make room for the Police
Department. This would leave Planning, and Parks and Recreation in leased space, and require
locating leased space for Building.
Council asked about cost savings if Council chambers remained in the current location. The cost
of the new Council chambers is approximately $93,840. However, there are expenses associated
with leaving the Chambers at the current location and redesigning the bank building to move
office space into the planned chamber area (demolition, refurbishing current Council chambers,
cost of redesign, etc.). The true cost savings would be between $20,000 and $25,000. There are
difficulties leaving Court and Council chambers colocated. Court security requires increased
security measures that can be intimidating to the public attending a Council meeting. This
includes metal detection equipment, shield (glass screen) between the Mayor and public, jury
box, and different technology requirements (one example is the video arrangement equipment).
There would be a degree of inconvenience bringing or retrieving material from the new office
complex to Council Chambers.
The architect has reduced costs by designing six foot high walls on cubicles, reduction in the
amount of doors, elimination of the sky light, and reduction of hall space. Five bids were
received ranging from $1,210,000 to $1,3 64,000 (excluding three alternates). As above,
Alternate one is for windows on the west wall, alternate two is contingency and was consistent
on all bids, and alternate three was for Council chambers audio visual system. The Architect's
letter of Recommendation of Award for Construction Contract is attached. You will note his
recommendation to not award option 3 and have that as a separate project. The other non -bid
items are phone service and technology. Staff can subcontract the technology and also perform
some of the cable runs to reduce cost. Staff has been evaluating the current costs for phone and
spoke with the consultant used by the County to upgrade and expand their phone system. The
consultant improved the phone service to the County and insured a payback in two and a half
years from the reduced phone charges. The total cost (property purchase and remodeling) will be
approximately $2.4 million or $120 per square foot. New office construction is running in the
neighborhood of $200 to $250 per square foot. A recent appraiser's opinion on cost of land in
the downtown corridor is $10.50 per square foot for property one block off of Main Street. The
land casts for new land would be the same as the City paid for the building and parking areas.
Council requested cost estimates on the renovation and expansion of the Police Department. The
architect has not had a chance to fully evaluate the space and develop a plan with cost estimates.
However, the improvements requested by the Court and Police, he feels, should be
approximately $150,000 to $200,000.
Council requested Staff to recommend ways to finance the renovation. Council discussed Board
of Investment loan, Bank loan, and other options. Staff has been working with the Board of
Investments but at the time of this writing the BOI has not completed an analysis of the loan
request nor committed a dollar amount. Additional information will be forwarded as soon as
pass'b e.
RECOMMENDATION: Council approve the budget amendment and award the bid to Oswood
Construction Company.
FISCAL EFFECTS: This recommendation is the most fiscally prudent course of action that
still accomplishes Council's goals of resolving space needs, getting City Staff out of leased
space, and keeping City Hall downtown.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Council.
Respectfully submitted,
es H. Patrick, City Manager
ARCHITECTURE MASTER PLANNING INTERIORS GRAPHIC DESIGN
November 27, 2006
Mr. James H. Patrick, city Manager
City of Kalispell
P.O. Box 1997
312 1st Avenue East
Kalispell, MT 59901
RE: Recommendation of Award for Construction Contract for:
"Kalispell city Hall Renovations"
Dear Mr. Patrick:
It is my pleasure to recommend award of the Contract for construction for the Kalispell
City Hall Renovations. I have reviewed all of the bids received by the City and found
Oswood Construction Company submitted the low Ease Bid.
I have personal experience working with Oswood Construction Company and have
talked with both Doug and Nicholas Oswood regarding their ability to complete this
project on time and within their bid. Both have assured nee they are ready to complete
the project per the Contract Documents on time and for the bid amount submitted.
I have also talked with Steve Larson at Flathead Valley Community college about his
current experience working with Oswood Construction. He spoke favorably of his
experience and noted that OCC always had the College's interests in mind.
Based on my experience and in reviewing Oswood Construction Company's bid, it is my
recommendation to award the Construction contract to them. I would recommend the
City include in the award Alternate #1 and Alternate #2. The total Contract amount
would be$ 1 ,294,300.00.
1 would not recommend awarding Alternate #3 for several reasons. First is out of the
five bidders on the project two did not submit a bid. The other three bids ranged from
$25,000.00 to $350,000.00. In talking with several bidders there was a lot of confusion
on what was to be bid. I also talked with the person who supplied a bid for roughly
$25,000.00 and he has told the General Contractors that he did not submit a legitimate
bid and wishes to withdraw his subcontractor bid. So even though the City may have a
"good" number I do not feel it is in the City's best interest to award Alternate #3 as there
is some room for interpretation in the specification and this could result in some change
orders during construction to make sure the City receives what it is looking for in the
Council Chambers. So it is my recommendation that this part of the project be re -
GROVE R + COMPANY
307 SPOKANE AVE, SUITE 202 WHITEFISH, MT 59937 P: 406.862.8152 r: 406.862.8153
evaluated and bid out as a separate contract to be coordinated with the selected
General contractor.
Should you have further questions regarding the award of this contract please feel free
to give me a call to discuss.
Sincerely,
f
Chad E. Grover, AIA
Grover + company, PLLC
Cc: Dave Johnson, Cole + Russell Architects
File
CITY HALL REMODELING PROJECT BID SUMMARY
BIDDER BASE BID ALTERNATE #1 ALTERNATE #2 TOTAL
Bid Wave Construction $19314.724.00 $69417.00 $809000.00 $19401,141.00
Bigfork
Hammerquist Caselegno $193499312.54 $49364.00 $809000.00 $11)4339676.54
Kalispell
Kramer Enterprises $193649000.00 $6,300.00 $809000.00 $1,4509300.00
Kalispell
Qswood Construction Co. $192099800.00 $4,500.00 $8%000.00 $19294,300.00
Great Falls
Swank Enterprises $19286,000.00 $115400.00 $809000.00 $19377,400.00
Kalispell