Title
Resolution Approving the Comprehensive Agreement Between the City of Hampton and Clancy & Theys Co. for the Design and Construction of an Aquatics Facility and Splash Park in Accordance with the Public Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
On May 9, 2018, the City, acting under the Virginia Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 (“PPEA”), adopted guidelines to establish procedures for development of public facilities utilizing public-private partnerships in compliance with the PPEA (the “Guidelines”) and made those guidelines publicly available. Soon thereafter, the City received an unsolicited PPEA proposal (the “Proposal”) from Clancy & Theys Co. for the design and construction of a state of the art aquatics center and splash park (the “Project”) on a 5.203± acre tract of City owned land located along the northeast quadrant of the intersection of Coliseum Drive and Pine Chapel Road in the City of Hampton, Virginia.
Pursuant to those Guidelines, the City accepted the Proposal, sought and received competing proposals. In addition, the City formally approved the Project as part of its 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan and appropriated the majority of funding necessary to construct through the Council Approved Fiscal Year 2020 Budget. Other funding also has been or is expected to be appropriated for preliminary design and engineering work, as well as the ancillary splash park.
The City considered each proposal received in the context of a study it obtained in 2014 exploring various sports tourism opportunities, the desire to replace the pool lost when the Olde Hampton Community Center was closed, feedback recieved from a community stakeholder group about the features desired for an aquatics facility that would replace the Olde Hampton Community Center pool and meet the need for a venue in the Hampton Roads region that can host local, state and multi-state compet...
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