HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC AG PKT 2009-07-13 #AAGEN®A Sl'AFF REP®R°0'
DATE: July 13, 2009
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
THRU: David Carmany, City Manager,
FROM: Vince Mastrosimone, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: RESTR®09VI FACILIT9ES AT COLLEGE PARK EAST
SUiVIIVIARY OF REQUEST:
The City Council has asked staff to provide construction costs for restroom
facilities in City parks.
SACKGROUN®:
Staff has been asked to provide cost estimates to install and maintain restrooms
at City Parks. A couple of the options available for restrooms are the traditional
architectural design with contractor build option and the pre-fabricated option.
The design and build implies hiring an Architect to design the structure and then
hire a contractor to build the structure. Apre-fabricated structure is purchased
pre-built and installed on a foundation at the park.
The table below will show an estimated cost for installation of both design build
restrooms and pre-fabricated restrooms:
Design-Build Pre-Fabricated
Architecture $ 10,000 $ -0-
Building Construction $ 80,000 $ 120,000
Utility Installation $ 35,000 $ 35,000
Grading $ 10,000 $ 10,000
Geotechnicallnvestigation $ 5,000 $ 5,000
Inspection (10%1 $ 14.000 $ 17.000
Totals $ 154,000 $ 187,000
Typically, pre-fabricated restrooms are more expensive than design-build
restrooms. The additional costs associated with trucking adds to the extra cost in
the building construction. However, pre-fabricated restrooms do not require
architectural design as they have already been designed. Both restroom options
will require geotechnical investigations into soils conditions. Both restroom
options require site grading, compaction and base material import. And both
restroom options require connection to underground utilities. Connecting to
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underground utilities can become very costly depending upon the distance the
restroom is from the road and the depth of the utilities in the ground. Additional
trenching and repaving increases the cost of the project significantly.
In addition to installation costs, there are costs associated with maintenance,
upkeep and police monitoring that impact both restroom options. The
maintenance and upkeep costs include; daily janitorial services, daily locking and
unlocking, parts and service due to damage or wear and tear, graffiti removal,
water usage, sewer usage. Staff estimates that~$75/day is needed to keep and
maintain each park restroom. This adds up to $27,000 per year in maintenance
costs. The following is information provided by the Police Department relating to
the monitoring requirements of public park restrooms:
Building public restrooms will provide for opportunity-based criminal activity;
activity which can be foreseen. Public restrooms raise the need for additional
consideration in light of anti-social activities known to occur in or near them. Law
enforcement anecdotal and empirical experience indicates that untended, public
restrooms pose great opportunities for and often serve as magnets for a criminal
element and for people suffering from a host of perversions who victimize others,
especially youth too young and tender of age to avoid such circumstances. A
simple Internet search of "Public Restroom Perversions" on any search engine
will reveal a host of disgusting activities documented in the public media as well
as websites devoted to a perverted element of society.
Monitoring and ensuring the public safety in such a facility will burden an already
strapped police department and other allied public safety agencies.
FINAiVC1~4L 111~~~-CT:
Design-Build restrooms will cost approximately $154,000 to build with a yearly
maintenance cost of $27,000. Pre-fabricated restrooms will cost approximately
$187,000 to build with a yearly maintenance cost of $27,000.
Law enforcement costs associated with protecting the public will occur but cannot
be calculated until after the fact.
REC®MIVIEN®ATIOIV:
Staff recommends the City not install any restrooms at the City Parks.
SU MITTED B
Vince Mastrosimone
Director of Public Works
NOTED AND APPROVED:
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David Carm ny, City Manager