Title
Update; Mansfield Fieldhouse
Requested Action
Project update
Recommendation
Project update
Description/History
Fieldhouse, USA contacted the City to discuss the possibility of creating a public/private partnership for the construction and operation of a sports facility called Mansfield Fieldhouse, USA. During a Joint Work Session between City Council and the MPFDC on July 13, 2015, the MPFDC agreed to fund construction of the project.
The MPFDC approved the development agreement and the awarded the Construction Manager At Risk to Pete Durant on August 6, 2015 and the City Council approved the development agreement and the CMR contract on August 10, 2015. The development agreement outlines the scope of the project to include design, development and construction of an in-door 90,000 square foot facility with eight basketball/volleyball courts, concession area, and programming space, viewing area and parking lot. The construction of the facility will be paid for by the MPFDC and will be built on City-owned land. The estimated cost of the project is $12 million and will be publicly bid through the Construction Manager At-Risk delivery method. The CMR will bid the project and present a Guaranteed Maximum Price for the construction costs at a future meeting for MPFDC and City Council. This facility will be a public facility and Mansfield Fieldhouse, LLC will operate the facility through a lease and operating agreement between the City and Mansfield Fieldhouse, LLC.
August - MPFDC and City Council approved the development agreement and the CMR contract. City Council is scheduled to consider the third and final reading for the Lease and Operating Agreement on August 18, 2015.
October - The on-site, off-site and building construction bids are scheduled to be received in mid-October. The expectation is that contract considerations for these improvements will be presented at a special meeting on October 22nd in order to meet the previously approved sched...
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