Agenda Item Name:
Title
Purchase Order to Bliss Products & Services, in the amount of $326,703.91, for the purchase and installation of Play Equipment and ADA Parking Area updates at Lake Forest Elementary Pocket Park for the Parks & Open Space Department.
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Presenter:
Gina Peebles, 352-538-8265/Larry Sapp, 352.374.5202
Description:
Bliss Products & Services Purchase Order
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve the issuance of a Purchase Order to Bliss Products & Services, in the amount of $326,703.91, for the purchase and installation of Play Equipment and ADA Parking Area updates at Lake Forest Elementary Pocket Park for the Parks & Open Space Department. Prices, terms and conditions are per Clay County Contract #18/19-2, Various Equipment and Amenities for Parks and Playgrounds.
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Prior Board Motions:
June 14, 2022, Board approved the Interlocal Agreement with Alachua County Public Schools.
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
Sufficient funds exist in Wild Spaces Public Places to cover this purchase order in the amount of $326,703.91; total budget for this project is $380,000.00.
Fund: 021.41.4100.572.63.98, project#6214106 Lake Forest Elementary Pocket Park
(6214106: New Construction: Various)
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Strategic Guide:
Strategic Guide
Social and Economic Opportunity
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Background:
The desire to build pocket parks in unserved/underserved areas in unincorporated Alachua County have been discussed at several prior Board meetings, most recently at the Mar. 1, 2022 Special meeting. The County's first pocket park was built in the SWAG community (known as Mark S. Hopkins Park).
The Alachua County Public Schools have offered to partner with the County at Lake Forest Elementary, wherein the school would allow the property to be open to the public weekdays from 6 p.m. until sunset and on weekends from sunrise to sunset.
In exchange, the County would
? install an open-air pavilion over the existing Playground;
? in...
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