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Roof Replacement on the Westside Pool Pump Room (B)
This item involves a request for the City Commission to approve the appropriation of $54,720 from the General Fund fund Balance for the expenses to replace the roof on the pump house at the H. Spurgeon Cherry (Westside) Pool.
Explanation
In late June, 2013, aquatic staff at Westside Pool noticed a leak in the roof of the pump house/mechanical room located in the back of the pool. During the following several weeks, the Gainesville area received record rainfall, and the leak and condition of the roof started to deteriorate rapidly. By late July, the roof had begun to sag. Facilities Management was called in to inspect the roof and determine the seriousness of the issue. Within a few days, the roof began to cave in. Facilities Management was able to temporarily support the roof structure by installing vertical support beams to prevent total collapse until engineering experts could be called in to assess the damage. Both Facilities Management staff and aquatic staff continued to monitor the roof daily throughout the summer. Due to the record rainfall received in July, all local roofing contractors and engineering firms were backlogged, and so it was some time before PRCA could finally get an inspection and professional analysis of the extent of the roof damage. In late October, Facilities Management received the engineering report and cost analysis to replace the roof structure on the Westside Pool pump house. The recommendation is to replace the entire roof due to the collapse. The total cost is estimated to be $54,720, of which $14,220 is for architectural/engineering services, and $40,500 is for the actual roof repairs.
The Westside Pool pump room houses all the mechanical equipment for operating the pool (pumps, filters, electrical panels, etc), the chemicals necessary for sanitizing the pool water (sodium hypochlorite, muriatic acid, carbon dioxide tanks), and the surge pit (a small, deep ...
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