Title
Prairie Forge - Aquatic Architect Firm - Amended Proposal
History
On January 18, 2016, the Board of Trustees approved the contract between The Prairie Forge Group (PFG), an aquatic architect firm, and the Village of Orland Park to design conceptual plans for both a splash pad at CPAC and a lap pool at the Sportsplex.
On March 4, 2016 the Board of Trustees approved a Memo of Understanding (MOU) between the village and St. George Corporation, St. George Wellness Center and Palos Community Hospital. The intent of this MOU is to have the village take ownership of the Palos Health and Fitness Center (PHF). The PHF has a lap pool and a warm therapy pool within its facility.
Village staff believes that since the village will soon have a facility with an indoor lap pool, the need to have conceptual plans drawn has become unnecessary and therefore has asked Prairie Forge to forgo that part of their contract.
Staff currently dives into a surge pit in the pump room and is submerged under water in a confined space with an airline to breathe (Hookah Rig). The baskets are then removed and replaced with clean baskets to enable flow through the pumps. This occurs approximately 15 times a season to ensure proper filtration of the pool water so that the pool does not have to be closed.
Horton Insurance, the village’s risk provider, has recommended that the village completely change its procedures and redesign the pump room surge pit.
Because of the new concern and because Prairie Forge is an aquatic architect firm, staff is requesting that Prairie Forge re-design the filter pumps and therefore eliminating the need for staff to dive into the existing surge tank.
The long-term solution is to redesign the filter pumps and change the type, layout and location/arrangement within the filter building. This would include (1) adding a new underground surge tank and (2) redesigning and renovating a new pump pit within the existing surge tank.
This renovation would...
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