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By DAVID PERSONS
DavidPersons@coloradoan.com
The city has sent 235
quests for proposals to ge
eral contracting and arc
teetotal firms for the d
sign and construction of
studio ice arena at the Ed
ra Pool Ice Center.
The key component
that ice arena is a 200-Il
85-foot sheet of ice, the s
and to be built at EPIC.
city has estimated the co
of the studio ice arena to b
approximately $4.2 millio
But Ron Kechter, proje
manager in the city's Ope
ations Services Depart
ment, said he expects th
requests for proposals, o
RFPs, to be lower than that
because the city will b
able to absorb some of th
costs, such as the Zambo
ice -resurfacing machine..
Kechter said the actual
total design and construc-
tion costs the city expects
to see in the RFPs should
be approximately $33 mil-
lion.
"That information was
explained to the firms in
the RFP," Kechter said:
Interested' firms will
have 30 days to reply. In or-
der to help those firms with
their responses, Kechter
said a pre -proposal meet-
ing will be held Nov. G at
EPIC. A time for that meet-
ing has not been deter-
mined, but Kechter said it
would likely be in the after-
noon or evening so the.
greatest number of firms
could attend.
Kechter said he isn't sure
how many firms will re-
spond but "at least a half -
dozen have shown some
interest in it."
After the Nov. 29 dead-
line, Kechter said, the city
Will review the RFPs and
weigh them based on a "
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that the finalists will be an-
nounced on Dec. 17. That
re- will likely be the three best
n- bids, he said.
hi- A winning bid will then
e- be forwarded to the City
a Council for approval in
o- January.
If all goes well, Kechter
of said, design work could be-
gin after Feb. 15. He said it
will likely take until the. end
The of July 2002, for the design
work to be completed and
e approved by the city's
L Planning Department.
ct Construction would
likely begin in August or
September of 2002 and;
take one year to complete;',`...
he said.
t The project is a joint ef-
fort by the city and a group
of local skating enthusiasts
called Twice the Ice.
Under an agreement, the
city will pay for 78 percent
of the costs from revenue,.,
collected from the 1997 vol? ;
er-approved Buildmg,..;';i".
Community Choices sales
tax Twice the Ice is res:.:
sponsible for raising the
other 22 percent.
While the final amount,,';r`:
that Twice the Ice must
pay will depend on the
warning bid, group officials
are confident they will
have enough money and
in -kind contributions of la-
bor and materials to meet
its requirement. Twice the r
Ice officials "say they have
already raised $938,000.
The announcement of
the mailing of the RFPs was
good news to Twice the Ice
officials.
"We have been waiting a
long time for this," said
Jodee Loury, president of
Twice the Ice.
Loury noted that it j"
been a little more than five., .
years since the group be- "I
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lecture Thursday
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and sheet of ice at EPIC. ple can Team how toil
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