DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 2
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: (Job-Order Contract) Carver Auditorium Seat Replacement
SUMMARY:
An ordinance for the Carver Auditorium Seat Replacement Project authorizing a task order to a Job Order Contract with Tejas Premier Building Contractor, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $350,012.00, a Tax Notes funded Project located in Council District 2.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project Background
Located just east of downtown San Antonio and named in honor of George Washington Carver, the Carver Community Cultural Center is the center of African-American Culture providing visual and performing arts programs, educational programs and community outreach since 1977. Originally built in 1905 as a Community House, by 1930 the site had become a Library Auditorium and a place for community meetings, events and graduations. In 2006, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the art deco-styled building which, includes a gallery, theater, administrative offices and studio spaces developed as part of a 1984 expansion project, falls under the Convention, Sports and Entertainment Facilities department. The heart of the Carver Community Cultural Center and key revenue generator is the 650 seat Jo Long Theater, named after the long time former director of the Carver.
This Project will provide for the replacement of all 650 seats within the Theater at the Carver Community Cultural Center. Over the course of various renovation projects, theater seating now consists of three similar styles of seating, to include removable seating in the area designated as the orchestra pit. This Project will establish a unifying style of seating replacing all the theater's seats, many of which are broken and worn, while still providing the theater with the flexibility to meet performance needs....
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