Title
Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance and Appropriation of an $11,425.00 Gift From the Hampton History Museum Association to Fund the Installation of a Removable Window for Increased Capacity and Use of the Changing Gallery at the History Museum for New Exhibits and Determining Construction Specialties and Installation, Inc. to be the Only Source Practically Available from which to Procure Those Installation Services
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Changing Gallery on the Museum's 2nd floor has no access point for loading in artifacts larger than will fit on our passenger elevator. This situation is a result of value engineering during Museum construction that eliminated the lift room designed into the original architect’s plans (currently Gift Shop storage on 1st floor and storage off of the Gallery on 2nd). This also eliminates any possibility for use of a larger artifact for exhibits. In the last couple of years we have begun planning an exhibit about boating and boatbuilding in Hampton, scheduled for exhibit in the upcoming months. Artifacts for that exhibit are indeed "boat-sized" and cannot be used unless the access problem is solved.
Construction Specialties and Installation, Inc. ("Construction Specialties") recently installed new windows in the Museum. With that knowledge, that company has also proposed a solution at hand to that access problem. They have proposed to install a folding window that will give clear access into the gallery, lifting the objects to the 2nd floor from Queen Street below. Keith Mushinski, the engineer on that recent window replacement project reviewed the proposal and advises that it is structurally sound. The City's Public Works division has also reviewed and approved this plan and proposal.
The Hampton History Museum Foundation, Inc. is willing to fund the installation of this access window, upon the condition that City contract with Construction Specialties, as that company has sufficient knowledge o...
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