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Authorization for Empowerment Center Improvements at 2845 NE 39th Avenue (B)
This item is a request for the City Commission to approve the Guaranteed Maximum Price of $585,525 with Charles Perry Partners, Incorporated for capital improvements at the Empowerment Center located at 2845 NE 39th Avenue.
Explanation
The City of Gainesville purchased the former Gainesville Correctional Institute (GCI) property in November 2013, in order to develop a full service Human Services campus providing a variety of public services for homeless/needy individuals and families in the community. The facility currently offers some meals, showers, laundry, and shelter services. Future services such as employment training, medical, case management, foster care, and others will be provided once fully operational.
On August 21, 2014, (Legistar # 130814) the City Commission approved the $300,000 grant award from the Florida Department of Children and Families for capital improvements and repairs at the Empowerment Center. The grant funds are meant to provide roofs and exterior painting to make ten (10) campus buildings ready for occupancy, and also to renovate the food service building and purchase adequate commercial equipment so that the building can be operational to serve regular meals to the homeless and hungry. On November 20, 2014 (Legistar #140469) the City Commission executed an agreement governing fixed capital outlay grants and aids for the Empowerment Center. All work will take twelve (12) weeks to complete and our goal is to have the kitchen ready for service by October 1, 2015.
It was recently discovered that the infrastructure in the kitchen section of the food service building was insufficient to simply have equipment installed and be able to function. In addition, it was necessary to obtain firm pricing for the entire scope of the project which includes exterior painting of 10 buildings, roof replacement for the 10 buildings, infrastructure improvements t...
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