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6.M. - Page 2 of 6 decomposed granite pathways, and picnic tables. Due to the high cost of the alternates, the City chose to reject the bid alternates, and instead perform some of the work in-house and procure items directly ("city - furnished items") in an effort to reduce costs. As an example of the difference in cost, the carpentry bid alternate which consists of three wooden platforms and woodwork for two concrete benches came in at $203,000.00 ($378/s.f.), significantly higher than the engineer's cost estimate of $66,340 ($124/s.f.). This work done in-house costs approximately $30,000 ($84/s.f), a 150% savings. The City's agreement with the Magical Bridge Foundation includes the installation of signature features that are included as part of their brand. The intent was for the City to work directly with Magical Bridge artists and fabricators for specialized signature items as a direct purchase agreement. However, the design/build agreement with Barbara Butler Artist -Builder ultimately required the general contractor's general liability and indemnification, and will require Bothman to oversee the work and perform the associated concrete work such as footings. This generates a change order in the amount of $955,290.95 for the signature features. The cost for these features are as follows: Two -Story Playhouse with Stage $476,038.00 Ava's Bridge $134,905.00 Retreat Huts $ 91,284.00 Bridge to Upper Playhouse Level $ 87,631.00 Buddy Benches $ 37,373.00 Bothman Concrete Work $ 32,236.56 Bothman Bonds & Fee $ 95,823.38 In addition to the signature features procurement, during the underground utilities installation, several unforeseen conditions were discovered and revisions have been required that would be covered under the project's contingency fund. Staff is requesting approval to use Park Impact Fees for the 22% contingency, the cost of the City -furnished items, and to pay for the signature play features for a total amount of $1,221,756. ANALYSIS Unlike typical playgrounds that commonly feature platform structures and separate a family from playing together, the new playground will become a play space where all ages, all abilities, and all people will be able to play together on variety of specialized slides, swings, spin and sway equipment. The new playground is much larger than the previous playground and will feature a large toddler play space, an element that the community indicated was important to them and was not part of the old playground. The existing conditions that surrounded the old playground were in need of repair: the pathways were uneven, there was no sidewalk leading to the play space, the play area and picnic area were not wheelchair accessible, the park entrance did not have any pedestrian amenities, there were no crosswalks leading to the park or across the driveway, and the site furnishings and equipment were very worn. There was also very little parking and there were overhead cables and large, high voltage equipment inside the park. The first phases added parking, relocated the cabinets, and undergrounded the cables. The subsequent construction of the playground project includes improvements to the aging infrastructure for the new City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 276