Department of public works, the department held a prequalification round for contractors in which five general contractors applied and were approved. The department advertised department and received only one bid proposal on october 25, 2017. The bid was submitted by construction in 8,252,300 with alternate of 15,000 in total of 8,267,300. Now the base bid was 1,930,840 above the projected engineer estimate. Now, there are several reasons for the high bid. We are an incredibly impacted construction market. There is limited and overloaded subcontractor market and space constraints with the site relationship with the rail yard that provide complication. So based on the reason, staff does not believe rebidding project would result in a lower bid, so the review has been completed and the Department Recommends approval to award the contract. Is there any Public Comment on this item . Good afternoon, jim salinas, i hope as we deliver these type of contracts and i appreciate the fact that we
The conservatory has benefitted from the installation itself, in terms of membership and attendance, bringing people to the park in the evening for a nice fun activity. We support this and hope to see you on december 7th. President buell thank you very much. Is that it . Is there anyone else who wants to make Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Commissioner mcdonnell general manager. I wanted to follow up on katys point. This is probably the best opportunity we have to do a quick reflection on the lighting installation during the summer of love. Since it went live on summer solstice daytime visits are up 40 , membership increased 20 . Were seeing real energy and attraction at the conservatory as a result of the exhibit. The goal here is to keep it going. President buell makes one wonder, if you put lights on the zoo, all right. Commissioner mcdonnell i find it interesting that nighttime lights are driving daytime visiting when you cant see the lights, but whatever works. Im happ
I dont know if you were able to make it, but as dana mentioned, the conservatory has benefitted from the installation itself, in terms of membership and attendance, bringing people to the park in the evening for a nice fun activity. We support this and hope to see you on december 7th. President buell thank you very much. Is that it . Is there anyone else who wants to make Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Commissioner mcdonnell general manager. I wanted to follow up on katys point. This is probably the best opportunity we have to do a quick reflection on the lighting installation during the summer of love. Since it went live on summer solstice daytime visits are up 40 , membership increased 20 . Were seeing real energy and attraction at the conservatory as a result of the exhibit. The goal here is to keep it going. President buell makes one wonder, if you put lights on the zoo, all right. Commissioner mcdonnell i find it interesting that nighttime lights are driving daytime vi
Opportunity we have to do a quick reflection on the lighting installation during the summer of love. Since it went live on summer solstice daytime visits are up 40 , membership increased 20 . Were seeing real energy and attraction at the conservatory as a result of the exhibit. The goal here is to keep it going. President buell makes one wonder, if you put lights on the zoo, all right. Commissioner mcdonnell i find it interesting that nighttime lights are driving daytime visiting when you cant see the lights, but whatever works. Im happy to move approval. President buell moved. Moved and seconded. All those in favor . So moved. Thank you. Were on item 10. Geneva powerhouse improvements, award of contract. Good afternoon. Im reem assaf, today is a request to award the contract for the geneva car barn and powerhouse project phase one. As you know, weve been working on the design and funding for the geneva car barn since 2010, a very, very long time. We received the permit this summer and
Katys point. This is probably the best opportunity we have to do a quick reflection on the lighting installation during the summer of love. Since it went live on summer solstice daytime visits are up 40 , membership increased 20 . Were seeing real energy and attraction at the conservatory as a result of the exhibit. The goal here is to keep it going. President buell makes one wonder, if you put lights on the zoo, all right. Commissioner mcdonnell i find it interesting that nighttime lights are driving daytime visiting when you cant see the lights, but whatever works. Im happy to move approval. President buell moved. Moved and seconded. All those in favor . So moved. Thank you. Were on item 10. Geneva powerhouse improvements, award of contract. Good afternoon. Im reem assaf, today is a request to award the contract for the geneva car barn and powerhouse project phase one. As you know, weve been working on the design and funding for the geneva car barn since 2010, a very, very long time.