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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-01-10 05-57 RESOLVEDem No. 05-57 Date: 1-10-05 Ihm/Subject: Ressi Appropnadrg $15,000 from the General Fund Improvement Reserve for the Purpose of Repairs at Bass Park Responsible beomtment Bass Pad Commentary: As a result of a recent inspMion of the Auditorium by representatives of the Slate Fre Marshall's Mos and City Fire Safety Officers, it has been determined Mat a number of repairs and or changes must be made in order to comply with certain lite safety codes. The majority of the mandated wad relates to the Installation of fire rated doors. Depending upon the IpmMn, the coars must be selfEosing, posdive latching, or equipped with the appropriate panic handwere. In auditior, some of the doors must he omme led to an alarm swaern, and an auto/visual alarm must be Installed at the sound booth. While minor Issues have been remly l through the appravai %05 approprimmn, Me above repairs/changes will require resources Mat do not east within the current budget. Therefore, Miff Is reluesting Me transfer of $15,000 from the General FUM's Improvement Reserve M complete Me repairs/changes in order to comply with Me respective code. Department Head Recommend approval. Dpai*y'(?t �f ni F Or`dh. CUnar Cityty Manager associated Informabon: See attachetl memorandum from Mike Dyer Budget ApWoval: Finance Dire for Passage X First Reading X ReferialloFinanCe Committhe Page _of_ 05-57 Assigned to Oomeilox Greeoe ]angary 10, 2005 a CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Resolve, Appropriating $15,000 from the General Fund's Improvement Reserve For tae Wrpose of Repairs at Baa Pa* By the Oty Council of the Gly ofBanyowr BE 7 RESOLVED that the amount of $15,000 Is hereby appropriated from the General Fund's Improvement Reserve to a Capital Account to be established by the Finance Director for the purpose of repairs or changes to the Auditorium in order to continue to meet life safety code minimum requirements for an existing public assembly facility. In CITY wmcIL .iaaaary 10, 2005 Pfrst Reading Referred to finance Com, tee CIT4mtwr IN CITY COUNCIL January zs, zoos Notion Rade and Seconded for Pa§sage PasseP CITY Cl.eee O U5 -5I R S OL VI (y1 ,) doorovrlatlug $15.000 frau tLe General Pwd IVrovmeut Resere&,for t1W Puraoae of Repairs At Rase Park p5-5) MEMORANDUM TO: Fdward Bartel[, City Manager FROM: Mike Dyer, Bass Park RE: Fire Code Issues, Bangor Auditorium DATE: December 29,2004 As a result of a recent inspection offlue Auditorium by representatives of the State Fire Marshall's Office and City Fire Safety Officers, it has been determined that we need to effect a minimum number of repaim and or changes to the Auditorium in order m continue on meet Life Safety Code minimum requirements for an existing Public Assembly facility. These changes/new wristrumon will involve expenditures of funds that are not available in our FY/05 budget. The pincers that most be undertaken are outlined below. We must replace the doom to the storage area under the Civic Center with one-hour fire razed, self closing, positive latching steel doors. The Code calls for all mmmge areas to be isolated from the public in this mariner. Currently the area is secured by non -rated metal doors locked with a padlock. We are required to isolate the Buck Street exits from the main floor from the Elephant Room area by constructing a ane -how fire rated wall wiN one-hour rated doom with appropriate panic hardware. These doors must also be cormened to an alar system that will automatically close the doors when the sprinkler system is activated. The solo closing feature is necessary because many fractions, such as the Basketball monument, Gamer Show, and Shrine Circus, require the unrestricted flow ofperforers and the public to and from this space doing events, thus necessitating the need for an open passageway. In an emergency, the doors would close, protecting the floor exits from any smoke or fire in the Elephant Roam. For the same reasons, we will need to constmd a one-hour fire rated enclosure and alarmed fire rated doors (similar m Nome mentioned above) at the lobby ead of the FJephanr Room / Food Court. Tbese doom must also remain open during events so as to allow free and easy access to Ne Food Court from the downstairs hallway doing events. Again, in the event of an emergency, the doom would close automatically, protecting the primary exits from the main floor during an evacuation. 05-5] We are also required to have an audio/visual alar installed "a sound booth on the Lobby level just outside the Main Office.Thisisrequiredwalertthoseondutytothe activation ofthe sprinlder system. The employse(s) will then coordinate with Bangor Fire personnel ( who are on duty for all large public gatherings) as to the most appropriate response to the emergency, including announcements over the PA ( which is powered by the emergency generator ) to affect an orderly evacuation of the building. We have already corrected or complied with some minor issues that were brought to our attention including sealing some wall penetrations (as a result of past cons0uction where water pipes and electric conduit passed through the walls) in the under the Civic Center storage area, repaired some door closers, and cleared the area around one sprinkler head where a convector had run some cable too close to it. The cost estimates for these projects, with Public Warks crews doing most of the construction, could be as much as $20,000. We do not have funds of this magnitude in any building orrepair line item in am FY105 budget. Theseprojectsarenotelective. The SMO and City Fire Prevention were quite clear that these projects are mandatory and that we needed to proceed with them as quickly as practicable in order to insure that we can continue to host events in a safe and approved manner.