Tonight under Unfinished Business: Extension of the Tolling Agreement with REG and the Morganti Group
At the March 2 meeting, Vice Mayor Scott Maxwell was heavy handed towards the architect and contractor and did not want any concessions given to REG and Morganti. Glen Torcivia, city attorney for Lake Worth, calmed him down and said that there has been a lot of progress over the last few weeks regarding a solution of the design and construction issues at our Lake Worth Casino. The city was just about to declare a Declaration of Default but it was decided by the entire commission to bring it back on March 22. They all took the city attorney's advice and voted to extend the Tolling Agreement.
REG and Morganti have come up with a solution to resolve the drainage issue. It's amazing, after three years of trying to resolve this issue, it took the threat of declaring the architect, contractor and insurance company in default. The city believes that REG's suggestion may be key to resolving other issues at the Casino Building.
The back-up says, after reviewing the proposed solution and discussing the same with REG, the City’s retained expert agrees that the proposed solution appears viable and the best course of action is to install the proposed solution at the northeast corner of the deck as a mockup. The parties can then test the proposed solution for viability prior to proceeding further with the proposed solution. It is anticipated that the installation of the mockup and actual testing will take approximately 6-8 weeks.
After this is voted and approved tonight, it will come back to the commission on June 7 where staff will give a report.
No comments:
Post a Comment