Amador County – In early July Amador County Recreation Agency reported that $730,000 in Proposition 40 funding had been reimbursed for five county renovation projects, while another $467,000 is pending.
ACRA Executive Director Tracey Towner-Yep gave a status report July 12 to the Amador County Board of Supervisors. She said: “Thanks for letting us lead these projects,” but next time she will not do them simultaneously. She said when she gets keys, she will turn them over to respective community groups.
River Pines Park renovation is finished and a conflict exists with the bill for $37,000, to be added to the final payment. Asphalt concerns were resolved, and the contractor extended the warranty by 4 years, to 5 years total. The last payment of $106,000 was expected by the middle of this month.
Towner-Yep said the Volcano Armory Hall had “change orders due to their lacking estimates.” It had $138,000 in reimbursement, with $208,000 pending.
Supervisor Ted Novelli asked if ACRA had addressed concerns raised by Volcano and Pine Grove CSDs. Towner-Yep said “nobody caught” the lack of outdoor lighting, so “we put them there,” same with the electricity for the kitchen. She said they have a “nice long list of change orders,” due to the “insufficient plans,” and will ask for adjustment of the bill.
Supervisor Richard Forster said the “community is a bit nit-picky up there.” Towner-Yep agreed both communities are nit-picking, but the plan lacked in “Uniform Building Code” for exit lighting, and in other areas they have “not followed through.”
Pine Grove Town Hall work was reimbursed $102,000, with $155,000 in final payments pending. It was slowed by delivery of a wheelchair lift from back east. The lift was also changed to give keyed access from below.
Plymouth’s Lodge Hill has been completed. Towner-Yep said, and the “views from there are amazing. You get up there and you notice that you are in the middle of a valley.” A final $95,000 payment was made in May, and ACRA received $1,950 from Plymouth for services.
Pioneer Park restrooms and snack shack renovation final payment of $99,700 was received June 27.
Novelli asked if she had received clarification on a $2,300 bill from Information Technology. Towner Yep said the Internet license fee was “per computer, and per user,” totaling $2,300.
She said I.T. “just went in and took the money. It’s never been a line-item, and I never received any forewarning.” She said she would like warning next year so she can budget for it.
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