Staff recommends Council approve Amendment #2 LWCF Grant Program for an additional $162,911.72 for the Tennis Court Replacement Project at Central Park.

At the September 12, 2022, meeting, Council approved the base bid to replace the tennis courts at Central Park.  Since then, staff has secured additional LWCF Grant funding in the amount of $183,562.50, see Amendment #2 LWCF Grant Program agreement Attachment A.  After administrative charges from the State and Federal agencies, the net amount is $162,911.72.  Staff is seeking Council approval of Amendment #2 LWCF Grant Program in order to receive these funds.     

This additional funding will allow staff to accept Additive Alternates #2 and 3 as identified in the bidding documents to install court lighting (Additive Alternate #2 for $130,000.00) and to install Fence Sleeves (Additive Alternate #3 for $800.00).   

City Council may:

• Approve Amendment #2 LWCF Grant Program; or,
• Not Approve and provide staff with additional guidance.

The following bid was received:

Contractor	Base Bid:  Courts, Sidewalk, Fencing, ADA Parking	Additive Alternate #1: Upgrade to Coated Fencing	Additive Alternate #2 Court Lighting	Additive Alternate #3 Fencing Sleeving
The Good Earth Works Co. Inc.	$664,130.00	$44,325.00	$130,000.00	$800.00

The project was budgeted using $500,000 of approved Park District 1 funds, Initial LWCF Funding $148,101.56, LWCF Amendment #1 $98,734.38, and LWCF Amendment #2 $162,911.72, for a total of $909,747.66. The base bid plus $66,734.00 of additional costs for survey, geotechnical, consultant, and Public Works engineering fees, plus $130,800.00 of Additive Alternates #2 and 3 totals $861,664.00, so there is enough budget available to construct the Base Bid and Additive Alternates #2 and 3.