Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7167 for the El Dorado Park West Artificial Turf Soccer Field Project (Project) and award a contract to Byrom-Davey, Inc. of San Diego, CA, for the construction of the artificial turf field, in the amount of $1,323,115, with a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $132,312, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,455,427, and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments; and Adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute contracts, and any necessary amendments, with FieldTurf USA, of Calhoun, GA, on the same terms and conditions afforded to Region 4 Education Service Center Contract No. R162203, through Omnia Partners, for the purchase and installation of artificial turf for the Project, in the amount of $530,352, with a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $53,035, for a total contract amount not to exceed $583,387; and, for eight years of maintenance of the artificial turf field following the completion of 
Okay. Now we're back to item 54. Report from Public Works, Park Record Recreation and Marine recommendation to award a contract to Byram Davey for the construction of an artificial turf field for a total contract amount not to exceed 1,455,427. And adopt a resolution to execute contracts with Field Turf USA for the purchase and installation of artificial turf for the project for a total contract amount not to exceed 583,387 District five. Councilwoman Margo. Thank you. I have a couple questions for Steph, please. Can someone please speak to the current field conditions and the water delivery system of the field currently at Eldorado Park? Yes. Brian, Dennis and Eric Lopez can work on that question. Thank you. We're getting set up. Stand by. No problem. I'll make some comments while we wait. Year over year, since I've been elected since 2014, during each season, my office receives dozens and dozens of calls and emails from concerned parents regarding the poor field conditions in Eldorado Park. This project was approved before I was on the City Council with its initial allotment of funding. However, through the years, the project has changed significantly and so I think it's important to speak to a couple of those issues. Brant there. That good. Good evening or good morning. Honorable Mayor and council members. Council woman mango. Yes. So the current conditions of the field right now, we see about 40 to 45 hours per week that's utilized at least during normal times with permitted use, although during COVID times we do see some teams out. This was prior to the current health orders just doing conditioning and skills training. But we also. Experienced about 12 to 16 weeks of seasonal downtime for the field to recover and for annual maintenance and restoration work. I think it's probably widely known that the irrigation system or infrastructure in a lot of our older parks, Eldorado Park included. Isn't quite as reliable. So that. From time to time. Caused us some disruption in field usage. Also, just some of the other natural conditions we do have in certain areas are gopher. Problems that cause some of, you know, tunneling and holes. And I know a lot of. Soccer coaches are often concerned about that additional condition for for the current. Fields at Eldorado. Thank you. One of the things that we explored together and with two previous Parks and Rec directors was the possibility of maintaining a field at a higher quality, similar to, say, Long Beach State and the costs associated. Ideally, we would have been able to go with grass, but it's my understanding that while each state spends more than 50,000 a year to maintain just one field, one natural grass club, club, soccer fields, it looks like the building cost of 144,000 is for eight years of maintenance, and that would be a significant reduction compared to what it could cost if we were to try to maintain natural and a natural grass field at the same level. And do you have any additional comments related to the quality of the maintenance provided? I know we have two other fields in the city and I've received some questions related to and you've been on the calls, I'm just ensuring that we're not putting in a field and then forgetting about it. No, that's a that's a excellent follow up question. I know Director Lopez probably has some other experience, but my understanding of our field that Admiral Kidd and the other synthetic soccer fields of head, they've had some minimal but but actually welcomed ongoing maintenance coverage which I think is important and this is a valuable consideration for the proposal before council this evening. I would like to make an. Additional comment and it is about the watering for a. Quality field. And I think in terms of ongoing costs. It is clear that, you know, the costs of water will continue to go up. And it seems like our experience recently is that the the length of our droughts that sometimes hit Southern. California and in our area, in Long. Beach in particular, would be something else that can be seen as a benefit with a synthetic soccer field, which, you know, during drought times could certainly, definitely be a budget asset for us. Great point. That 50,000 number from Long Beach State did not include their water costs. Another consideration for this field is environmental considerations that came up early on in the discussions. It's important to note that we will not be using crumb rubber for this field. We're using natural substances and that we do have an end of life plan for the project, as you did when you proposed the other turf fields for our city spaces. Do you want to speak to any additional environmental considerations you feel are important as a part of this project? Recyclability. You already mentioned water usage. Even the carbon offsets. I know you designed a bunch of trees surrounding this project so that we could retain and provide a natural barrier. Yeah, I do know that. And this was prior to my arrival, but I knew there was a lot of valuable community input regarding the original proposed project. So I know the. The deletion of perimeter fencing, I think for both esthetic reasons and just to maintain the open accessibility for the community was an important and I also originally there were led. Lighting proposed and I think that was removed again just. To make it, I think a more conducive project of considering the history of it being more or less a passive. Natural environment for the park. Well, thank you for that information. I was glad to see that the field improvement has come in significantly under budget at 1.85 million. Originally, this project was estimated at an inflated cost of 3.1 million when a bunch of considerations were taken in. But I know that market conditions have changed. And at a time when people need jobs, this is a job generator. And we're really proud to be able to have a project labor agreement for this and it is supported by those unions. Additionally, if approved, this would be the final of the three tariffs that were originally approved in 2014. As I mentioned before I was elected, like the other two extremely popular fields at ADM Kid and Seaside Park's Eldorado, Westfield would serve tens of thousands of kids and their families for 15 years of of play. Additionally, this field will not have a fence around it. It will be accessible to the community, including when people attend concerts in the park in that area. It has always been a staple and last year my daughter really enjoyed playing on the fields. But I will say that by the third week of play, huge dust piles and mud puddles and once a rain or sprinklers had been on. So I think the parents will really appreciate the new cleaner environment for their kids to play. And additionally, I have no doubt that the field will host future athletes that would have fond memories of playing at Eldorado Park and go on to great levels. We are very fortunate to have a partner in our nonprofit organization, Partners of Parks. They do provide scholarships for sports. And as many know in trying to achieve equity and helping kids get into programing. Soccer is one of the more affordable sports available for kids in our community. And so scholarships go further when there are more available spaces for soccer, no matter what side of the aisle you're on. Regarding synthetic turf, it's apparent that people care deeply about Eldorado Park, and I'm really proud of that. We all think of it as our park. I know. I think of it as my park. I'm there all the time. We all want to be proud of the things that we value and care about most. And it's important that we maintain safe outdoor spaces for healthy, active play for our children. Given the current conditions of the field, this project's been way overdue and it only just begins to address the needs of our city wide field spaces. I'm I'm very thankful and we've received a lot of communication in my office and through the several years, many know that I'm in the park almost daily and out in the community. And while I have talked to hundreds and hundreds of people about this project and there's been a lot of posting on social media both for and against in the. Councilman, your 5 minutes is up. Wonderful. I have one last statement. As of today, 246 people have contacted my office on this item with interest in support of 129 individuals. Despite the online communications that there's more opposed, there were 117 individuals opposed. And I know that that is just a microcosm of our city. There are hundreds of individuals represented by some of these emails that really do support the project. And so it has taken a long time to get to this point and I hope that everyone will support this item. And we did take a long time to consider alternatives and make adjustments to support the concerns of the community. Thank you. The second mic comes from Boston, roll call vote of mayor. We have one public comment. Oh, okay. Go ahead and control. And Cantrell. And control if you're there. Could you yourself please begin? Okay. We will go ahead and go to a roll call vote. District one, district two. I District three. High District for. NE. District five. I. District six. District seven. By. District eight. District nine. I know she carries three identities. Let's read 50, 78 and 59 and then we'll do it all together. This read each item.