Marshall Council authorizes advertisement for bids on revised aquatic center design

The Marshall City Council voted to authorize advertisement for bids on the revised Marshall Aquatic Center design following a presentation from the design team and a budget update from the project's construction manager.

City Administrator Sharon Hanson told the council the project team—Integrity (construction manager) and Stockwell (design)—had been authorized in December to redesign the pool to fit the budget. "We did include in the memo a schedule," Hanson said, and the council heard further detail from David of Stockwell and Pete of Contegrity.

David of Stockwell said the design team submitted a 95% construction document set and planned a page-turn review with staff and committee members before finalizing the bid set. He described the base bid as including a leisure lifestyle pool, a leisure river and a multipurpose pool with two diving boards and four lap lanes; the base bid also includes one slide and infrastructure to allow future improvements. The bid documents identify six alternates, each with an A (underground piping only) and B (fully functioning element) option. Alternates include a fly-time slide, a speed flume slide, a splash pad with associated site work, climbing walls, additional spray features in zero-depth entry areas, and additional sand subbase work tied to geotechnical findings.

Pete from Contegrity described the schedule: a page-turn meeting on Thursday, advertising targeted for Feb. 10, a pre-bid meeting on-site Feb. 27 and a bid opening on March 11, and said the team planned to solicit local contractors and divide work into approximately 15 bid categories to attract bidders. Hanson noted the council previously authorized using $655,000 in ARPA funds to cover part of a budget shortfall identified in December.

Council member C moved to authorize advertising for bids; the motion was seconded by John and passed.