Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that a resolution adopted by the City Council on August 14, 2025, and signed by the Mayor on August 15, 2025, authorizing the Declaration of an Emergency and Authorizing the Rental of Temporary Cooling Equipment and the Repair and Replacement of HVAC Systems at the Doles Center. (Funding for the emergency repairs and rentals shall be allocated as follows:
* Blower Motor - $8,275.00 from Budget Code A1620.203
* Rooftop Unit - $76,143.24 from Budget Code A1620.414
* Portable Cooling Unit Rental - Not to exceed $25,671.39 from Budget Code A1620.203 (including transfer from A1620.414 as needed) - as follows:
o First month: - $10,461.13
o Every month thereafter: - $ 8,557.13
o NTE - three months: - $25,671.39
; be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
AND AUTHORIZING THE RENTAL OF TEMPORARY
COOLING EQUIPMENT AND THE REPAIR AND
REPLACEMENT OF HVAC SYSTEMS AT THE DOLES CENTER
Whereas, in correspondence dated August 13, 2025, the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Works formally requested authorization to declare that an emergency exists at the Doles Center due to the imminent threat to public health and safety arising from the failure of essential HVAC systems serving the Senior Program and Cooling Station; and
Whereas, the rooftop HVAC unit serving the Senior Area (Zone 3) is a 25-year-old component well beyond its expected service life, has suffered repeated failures despite extensive corrective maintenance, and now poses an immediate threat to the health and safety of residents; and
Whereas, the failure of this HVAC unit jeopardizes essential cooling services to vulnerable populations, including seniors and other residents seeking relief from dangerous high temperatures; and
Whereas, additional deficiencies include the need for a new blower motor above the Classroom (Zone 1), without which the facility cannot maintain safe indoor...
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