A five-member board met by Zoom for a single-item special meeting and accepted the Hadley Recreation Complex plan — the Hardy, Maag, Ron Galla and Paz baseball fields under the 2018 GO Bond — so the design build team could finalize cost and take it to City Council, with construction hoped for by July or August. Staff confirmed there is no funding source and nothing on the books to make the Jim Hardy restroom ADA compliant.
Kept at length on purpose. Every point raised is listed, in the order the minutes record it.
No public input was received via requested email.
Trevino, Interim Deputy Director of Public Works, said he, staff and his design build team would present the Hadley Recreation Complex improvements, part of the 2018 GO Bond projects, consisting of the four baseball fields — Hardy, Maag, Ron Galla, Paz.
Trevino introduced Ruben Contreras, Richard Haas and Mike Herd as part of the design build team, and said they were presenting for approval to move forward with the design build process, scope and plan improvements; once approved they can finalize the cost and continue with construction of the project.
Contreras of Desert Peak Architects, with the assistance of Mike Herd and Mark Hettinga of Highland Enterprises and Richard Haas, gave a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the improvements to be made. Contreras said these improvements would be prioritized based on public input received from this meeting as well as budget. The minutes do not itemize the presentation's contents.
Trevino added that the dugouts and the bleacher area, which were not mentioned in the presentation, would also be looked at based on budgetary numbers.
Montgomery questioned ADA compliance with the Jim Hardy restroom facility, asking what is keeping it from being compliant under the current or proposed plan, and whether there is any plan in place for future construction that would allow it to become ADA compliant.
Contreras responded that the space provided within the accessible stall is not large enough to meet current standards, that there are also some non-compliant issues with the space by the doors, and that the winged wall would need to be moved a matter of a few inches to a foot to get the clearance required for ADA.
Montgomery asked if there is a future consideration on the books to look at how to make the restroom ADA compliant. Delgado said there is currently nothing on the books to either expand this facility or add anything to it, and no funding source for it, but that it could be something considered moving forward — for example, the next GO Bond. Montgomery said he would like to see this added to the books.
Chair Harrison asked the reasoning behind enclosing all the crow's nests. Haas responded that one of the main reasons is that they are currently open to the weather and are getting deterioration on the ceilings, which the floor of the open area is allowing to seep into the ceilings below; enclosing them weatherproofs that upper area and also allows the space to be used for additional storage at each field.
Chair Harrison said he would recommend larger windows in all four corners. The minutes record no response.
After the vote, Chair Harrison asked what the timeline looks like for starting and, once started, time to completion. Trevino said the next step is to finalize negotiations and cost with the design build team; the benefit of a design build team is that this does not have to go out to bid, since a contractor is on board already. The next step after that is to go to City Council for approval to move forward, with the hope of beginning construction by July or August. No time-to-completion figure is recorded.
Chair Harrison asked if there is an order of importance. Trevino said it would need to be coordinated depending on what fields are being used and when.