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<br />~ /6-1 <br /> <br /> <br />August 22,2005 <br /> <br />Subject <br />Design of Sport Fields Synthetic Turf Conversion Project, pursuant to Recycled Water <br />Project Alternative 'TF', as recommended by the Community Task Force on Recycled <br />Water. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Approve and authorize a consultant agreement with Beals Alliance for providing <br />professional design and engineering consulting services for the Sport Fields Synthetic <br />Turf Conversion Project, in an amount not to exceed $199,675.00. <br /> <br />Background <br />This project is part of the water conservation measures identified and recommended by <br />the Community Task Force on Recycled Water in their report to the City Council dated, <br />March 3, 2004. The $5 million cost of the fields conversion project, including the fees <br />for this design effort, are included in the Water Financing Plan approved by the Council <br />in January 2005. <br /> <br />Listed below are the six (6) potential fields identified by the Task Force report, eligible <br />for conversion to synthetic turf, in order to permanently eliminate the need for irrigation <br />water on the play surface: <br /> <br />1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br />6. <br /> <br />McGarvey Field, <br />Griffen-Bechet Field, <br />Mitchell Field, <br />Hawes Park, <br />Marlin Park, and <br />Sandpiper Park. <br /> <br />The potential water saving, after converting these six natural turf fields to synthetic <br />fields, is approximately 95 acre-feet per year, or enough water to supply 350 average <br />households for a year. <br /> <br />Staff plans to complete this conversion within two years, using a two bid package <br />process. The first bid package will be advertised after the first half of the bond <br />proceeds become available in the second quarter of 2006. It includes McGarvy, <br />Griffen-Bechet, Mitchell, and Hawes sport fields, which are all in the same vicinity, and <br />are all of the same construction methodology. <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />'"T-.'~ <br />