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CONSENT AGENDA INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA AGENDA ITEM Assistant County Administrator / Department of General Services Date: September 12, 2014 To: The Honorable Board of County Commissioners Thru: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator Thru: Michael C. Zito, Assistant County Administrator From: Mike Redstone, Recreation Subject: Approval of Contract and Budget Amendment For Dewatering and Liner Repair Project at the North County Aquatic Center. It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of September 23, 2014. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: The North County Aquatic Center was opened on November 30, 2003. It was manufactured by Myrtha Pools Inc., and built by Weller Pools. The competition pool structure has held up well over the years, however; the time has come to do some comprehensive maintenance on different parts of the pool including major repairs to the lining of the pool. One of the main components of this project will be draining approximately 1 million gallons of water from the pool. This essential component of the project will include dewatering around the pool structure to prevent the pool shell from rising out of the ground due to the instability of the surrounding wetland and the unusually high water table. It will require the installation of additional well points that can be utilized for this purpose in the future. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: Although Myrtha Pools is the sole source manufacturer of the competition pool, Staff contacted several authorized Myrtha subcontractors as well as independent dewatering companies to obtain pricing on the dewatering portion of the project. Notwithstanding the proposal recommended below, most of the subcontractors or independent dewatering companies were not willing to meet the County's requirement to guaranty the project against the extraction of the pool structure. One estimate, including a warranty against a possible extraction of the pool structure, came in at $200,000. Following this process, Staff aggressively negotiated a settlement under the original warranty which Myrtha originally claimed to be inapplicable, however; the County Recreation Division has worked closely with the County Attorney's Office to negotiate credits under portions of the warranty in dispute resulting a mutually acceptable proposal to complete the repair work through its original authorized installation subcontractor, Weller Pools Inc. at a total cost of $87,561. F:\Assistant County Administrator\AGENDA ITEMS \20I4\BCC 09 SEP 2014\NCAC Competition Pool Repairs - Receation Agenda Item.doc 107