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BACKGROUND The Dolores Bengston Aquatic Center (DBAC) is located at 4455 Black Avenue. The DBAC locker rooms were built in 1996/97. The approximately 2,600 combined square feet that make up the men's and women's locker rooms are within a slab-on-grade, masonry walled building. The interior of the building is standard wood and drywall construction, with the exception of the communal shower areas which are also masonry block walls. The interior finishes of the facility were showing their age and very difficult to maintain and keep clean. The original lockers were small and did not meet current demands; the communal shower area water fixtures and drain system required a considerable amount of maintenance; the lighting in both locker rooms was not bright enough for current standards; there were water ponding issues in each locker room and in the foyer immediately outside the locker rooms; and the fencing/gates around the 50- meter pool area facility did not meet current code requirements. On May 2, 2017, City Council approved a Design Professional Services Agreement to Arch-Pac, Inc. to provide architectural design and construction support services for the DBAC Locker Room Renovation Project. Based on the design, this project provides private, compartmental showers with ADA shower stalls for both the men's and women's locker rooms. The project also upgraded and elevated the feel of the entire facility with the replacement of the counters with integral sinks, new restroom partitions, lockers and tiled walls. The project also replaced the concrete floors for the new structure to address the water ponding issues. Lighting for each locker room was replaced and a new HVAC system was installed. This project also addressed the perimeter gate/access by replacing fencing with a tighter mesh chain-link fence that does not allow toeholds for climbing. The number of showers required was determined by the Alameda County Health Services Department and is based upon the square footage of the pool area. Replacing the communal-style showers in the locker rooms with private compartmentalized showers decreased the number of shower heads possible inside each locker room. Therefore, two banks of outdoor "on-deck" showers were constructed to meet the code- required number of showers for the facility (six standard and one ADA-compliant shower adjacent to the 50-meter pool; five standard and one ADA-compliant shower adjacent to the 25-yard lap pool). The exterior showers are seen as an improvement by patrons of the facility as well as the aquatic center staff. On June 5, 2018, City Council awarded a construction contract to the low bidder Saboo, Inc. in the amount of $1 ,990,000, approved the total project budget of $2,304,000 which included a five percent contingency of$99,985, and allocated the funds from various sources necessary to fully fund the total budget. On February 5, 2019, City Council allocated an additional $112,500 from the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) General Fund Reserve to increase the project contingency to $212,485 (approximately 10.7 percent of the original construction contract). The increase was necessary to cover additional work and address unforeseen conditions associated with necessary fire alarm updates, complications with existing conduit encountered in the floor removal, and updates to the lighting and ceiling to discourage Page 2 of 4