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Wrightwood CSD approves restroom design contracts, delays exterior ADA construction decision
Summary
The Wrightwood Community Services District board voted to hire Pacific Coast Design Group for restroom architectural/MEP plans ($24,000) and exterior ADA/civil designs ($19,500) and directed staff to return with a reserves analysis before awarding ADA construction work estimated at $75,000—6,000.
The Wrightwood Community Services District board on Feb. 3 approved two professional services agreements to ready the firehouse restroom for construction and to design exterior Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access improvements. The board voted to award Pacific Coast Design Group (PCDG) $24,000 to prepare MEP and architectural bid documents for the restroom building and a separate $19,500 package for exterior ADA site and civil engineering design.
The projects arise from storm damage and a CAST ADA evaluation. General Manager Ramona Eie and the ad hoc committee showed the board an as-built assessment and an ADA report that identified interior clearances and door-swing issues to be corrected during the renovation. Todd, the district's project manager, said the interior fixes can be incorporated in the base restroom scope and that the exterior ADA work requires separate civil engineering for grading, drainage and retaining walls.
Board members pressed for clarity about funding before committing to exterior construction. Todd estimated the district's grant-funded base restroom work is covered by $275,000 of the $324,500 allocation, but exterior ADA construction could add an estimated $75,000—6,000 to the total. "The ADA construction if you were to do it all together's estimate is somewhere in the $75,000 to $86,000 range," Todd said. The board approved the design contracts using the district's standard professional services agreement and made clear the consultant must sign the district template.
Directors favored proceeding with designs to preserve grant funding and keep the overall schedule, with one director noting the value of having bid-ready documents: design work can be completed and included as alternates in a construction bid package without obligating the district to immediate construction. The board also directed staff to prepare a reserve-account and policy analysis and return with options for how to finance exterior ADA construction before any construction contract is awarded. "We need the financial information before we hit that so we can't be surprised," a director said.
Next procedural step: the district will receive the PCDG designs, submit permit applications to the county and follow procurement rules to seek construction bids. The board expects a staff financial report on reserves and possible funding strategies at its March meeting.
