This item is the splash pad and fountain maintenance services at Charno Park and at the Arts Park at Young Circle.

The purpose, I'll go over the purpose with on January 20, I mean, forgive me, July 23rd, 2024.

Invitation to bid number IFB 2224 G was electronically advertised on OpenGov to solicit services in accordance with Section 38.43A of the procurement code.

The purpose of the bid was to identify the most qualified firm to provide daily, monthly, and as needed maintenance of and repairs to the following.

The splash pad at Charno Park, the splash pad at the Arts Park at Young Circle, and the main fountain at the Arts Park at Young Circle.

The bid specified that the contractor would need to furnish all materials, labor, equipment, incidentals, and public safety equipment to perform maintenance on the fountain and splash pads.

The bid also specified the contractor must have at least five years of experience in fountain and splash pad maintenance for a government entity, a large commercial property such as a university, a homeowner's association, or a planned urban development.

The contractor must also have sufficient staff and resources to complete the project in a timely manner, and maintain required licenses and insurance.

They also must be legally incorporated to do business in the state of Florida.

The maintenance specifications include on a daily basis, every day, 365 days a year, checking and correcting pH and bromine levels, checking and correcting total alkalinity level, checking chemical controller and recalibrating if necessary, refilling erosion feeder as needed, emptying pump baskets as needed, emptying skimmer basket as needed, cleaning inline Y strainers as needed, discharging of excess water as needed, backwashing of sand filters, checking output and functioning of UV sanitizer, the daily requirements continue with checking for proper pump operation, logging of chemistry readings and pump flow rates as required by the Department of Health, maintaining a daily logbook as required by the City of Hollywood, inspecting splash pads for hazards and damage, clearing drain covers and splash pads of debris.

The monthly tasks include skimming the bottom of the fountains of trash and debris, skimming the water surface of trash and debris, wiping down of all light fixtures, thoroughly cleaning underground sprinkler components and compartments.

I think a picture is worth a thousand words here.

So the first one I don't think is really worth a thousand words because we see it regularly, but that is the sprinkler head on the splash pad, and adjacent to that photograph is the meter room.

This is all at Charno Park, and I included these images because Charno Park tends to be the most complex and laborious to maintain.

Next images, the underground UV system lines, and the retainer tank.

Who knew all of this existed at Charno Park, right?

Who knew?

So the bid went out.

And it resulted in bids from the following two vendors.

JCR mechanical contractor incorporated was determined to be the most responsive and responsible bidder, the lowest bidder that fulfilled all the requirements.

Are with us here today.

The recommendation is that the CRA board authorize the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement with JCR Mechanical Contractor Incorporated to commence on January 23rd, 2025 for initial term of two years with an option to renew for an additional two-year periods.

Additional to renew two additional two-year periods.

Thank you, Lisa.

I'd like to recognize uh any board members that wanted to speak on the item.

Let's go ahead with board member Gruber.

Yes, thank you very much.

Um my question would be because I'm involved now with uh the splash pad that's coming into uh um Mataburma Galani Park, so I'm starting to learn of the different ones that we have.

Being that it's on the beach, is that the best type of of splash pad to have that that recycles the water that gets all the sand in there?

Like is is most of the cost of this coming from that?

And if so, would it be better to put a new splash pad for two, three hundred thousand dollars that doesn't do that with the water?

Um maybe some buckets that dump it and different things like that some of the newer ones we're putting in.

I don't think I'm the most qualified person to answer that question.

I will tell you that the majority of the cost is the day daily and monthly maintenance.

There is an allocation of $30,000, which is a flat inclusion in the bid for um uh labor and parts.

So you know, when you really so if you drop the 30K out of the 109, you're looking at what 79.

Um so but the is it is it less maintenance to maintain those other types of splash pads that we're putting in the other parks in place?

Well, I I can tell you that it has been less labor intensive at the arts park than it has been on the beach.

Right.

Um, it it having the elements, everything on the beach tends to be more labor intensive just because the elements right.

So, and we're dealing with you know, filters and kids with sand.

Um I don't know, that's a decision.

And and Joe Kroll is here if he wants to comment, but I don't think we've really explored other options of maybe that's something we could task Parks and Rec to take a look at and report to us because there's a this is a pretty old system, right?

It is uh uh Susan just reminded me that it was putting it in 2008.

Right, because the things I'm seeing look like they're you know they're more self-contained or or or le need less maintenance.

Um, you know, maybe we I mean it's a pretty cool splash pad, but there's much cooler stuff out there now, like there's one we're looking at that has a turtle that has two buckets that fills up and then dumps on the kids' heads and then it's you know jumping around and everything.

And I don't think it's that I don't think it recycles the water, which especially on the beach um makes it have way more maintenance because with all the sand, I mean I can imagine that things breaking down all the time and you have to go and clean it every day.

Um so I'm I would I would like to know it if replacing this sometime in the near future might be a more cost-effective and better way.

Um I mean I I get it that it costs this much.

I don't have a problem with it if we're doing that.

But there may be a lot of things.

I know that Joseph is able to bring something better.

Joseph, did you have any insight on this that you can share?

Well I don't Nicole might have some insight on it.

I don't mean to call you out, Nicole, but I mean call from CMU because I want it, Madam Galani.

Happy to hear from her if she would like to speak.

Otherwise, we can if the board would like, we can have staff review this idea and come back to us with uh with an analysis.

Nicole, rather than have you speak now, perhaps if the board would support the idea.

It sounds like everybody's not a yes, we'll have parks and public works and DCM report to us and analyze this.

And I love it.