Finance Committee Page 7
October 5, 2016
Alderman Siegel
The specific one that we are licensing here is the one that’s bad, not Lawson in general.
Alderman Wilshire
And the name of the module is Human Capital?
Mr. Codagnone
No, it’s called Finance.
Alderman Deane
| thought that was the golden egg of Lawson. Now | realize why | voted no when this came up before. It’s the
gift that keeps on giving.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Contract for David W. Deane Skateboard Park Design Build (Value: $550,000)
MOTION BY SIEGELTO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO ARTISAN
SKATEPARKS IN THE AMOUNT OF $550,000. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 177, PARKS
AND RECREATION; DAVID W. DEANE SKATEBOARD PARK TRUST FUND
ON THE QUESTION
Alderman Siegel
Alderman Deane, is Renaissance going to start to pay for any of this?
Alderman Deane
No. Renaissance, unbeknownst to some people, that ship has sailed. The Board of Aldermen gave that
property to BIDA and legislation was approved and they are not paying for anything. They are paying for the
demolishing of the existing park but that’s it. That was the agreement under the legislation. | know that there
is a Board of Public Works commissioner that has a lot of angst about that. We just approved a piece of
legislation on the Committee on Infrastructure on the extension of the right-of-way and the parks and it’s
coming down on the 1*' of July. What we are doing now is | have spoken with the builder the other day and
he’s going to be coming up here on the 19" through the 23” of this month. | talked to Director Fauteux and
what we are going to do is meet with him and start the process on reclaiming the site to allow us (inaudible)
existence than it used to be prior to all of that work being done over there, the asphalt, etc. Everything will be
up and grubbed out and ready for construction in the spring. The design work that is being done is being; we
are looking at stormwater mitigation and things of that nature but the design work that is being done is being
done by Brian Fisk and James Powers along with Andy and they are going to be working together on that. It’s
going to come back to our committee to take a look at. A lot of that is the people who work in this field; the way
the flow and the transitions and the elevations and all of that work. They know how that works. They are
having a cement design but it probably will not all be cemented in. There are going to be some changes, they
will not be substantial changes but they will be working on that together and I’m kind of grateful that those guys
are doing that. Brain and James worked on the other park as well.
