AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH MCKENNA CONTRACTING, LLC, FOR PUBLIC HOUSING CHOLLA VISTA APARTMENT UNITS ACCESSIBILITY RENOVATION
Staff Contact: Elaine Adamczyk, Interim Director, Community Services
Purpose and Recommended Action
This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to award the bid and enter into a construction agreement with McKenna Contracting, in an amount not to exceed $156,808. This construction agreement will allow the City of Glendale Community Housing division to modify three existing Public Housing apartments in the Cholla Vista Public Housing Community to meet the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) standards for accessibility design.
Background
The City of Glendale Community Housing maintains three public housing complexes with a total of 155 apartments. There are 51 apartments at Lamar Homes located at 6100 West Lamar Road, 70 apartments at Glendale Homes located at 5215 West Ocotillo Road, and 34 apartments at Cholla Vista Apartment Homes located at 5320 West Maryland Avenue.
As a part of the capital improvement program funded by the Federal Government and with funds received from the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, approval of this item will allow the three apartments to undergo modernization to be brought to current UFAS standards. UFAS standards include items such as interior door width increased for Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accessibility for wheelchairs, etc.; relocation of electrical receptacles, switches and fixtures; replace door knobs with levers; replace the existing sidewalk with a sloped sidewalk and make a zero-step landing at entryways.
Analysis
During Fiscal Year 2014/15, the Glendale Community Housing Division was successfully awarded Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount of $131,560 for this project. In the CDBG application, Glendale Community Housing included a match fund of $25,248 in availabl...
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