TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: January 22, 2020
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA, APPROVING FIRE STATION #58 REPLACEMENT GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CITY OF MARGATE AND ACCEPTING $1,000,000 IN FUNDING PURSUANT TO THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR THE 2018-2019 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND DESIGN & RELATED SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND: On March 16, 2018, the Governor signed off on the State of Florida Budget which included an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the City's Fire Station #58 Replacement project. The City Commission on November 7, 2018 approved the Intent to Fund Agreement for Demolition and Construction of the new Fire Station with the State Department of Financial Services via Resolution 18-133. Consistent with the scope of work previously approved by the City Commission, an agreement was executed with Saltz Michelson Architects (SMA) Architectural Services for the new Fire Station #58 replacement. SMA consulted with FPL, and at the direction of the City developed separate plans for a one, two, and three story replacement Fire Station. As the projected costs for the revised scope of work to replace and construct Fire Station 58 exceeded $10M, the City reduced the scope/size of the originally proposed new replacement Fire Station #58. This modification necessitated a Task Order for an Increase Scope of Work change to the SMA Architectural Services Fire Station #58 Agreement approved by City Commission on September 18, 2019.
Subsequently, City staff had ongoing consultations with the State of Florida Department of Financial Services Legislative and Special Projects Coordinator regarding the status of the pending Fire Station #58 Grant Agreement and requested modification of the original scope of work to replace Demolition and Construction with Design & Related Services,...
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