This is for contract modification no. 1 for the arena surface parking lot with APAC-Atlantic, Inc in the amount of $4,500,000. The APAC contract is a unit price contract. This contract will cover the removal of additional contaminated soil quantities that are anticipated for the remediation of the site. The estimated quantity of contaminated soil was based on a preliminary sampling of soils before the start of the project. As part of the project, the City was required by regulators to perform extensive property sampling using a tight grid system to find the actual extent of the soil contamination. This sampling determined that the actual amount of contaminated material was much higher than previously known.

The lot will provide approximately 2,000 parking spaces and serve as the arena's primary parking source. An arena parking analysis determined the 2,000-space surface lot on the 22.5-acre property, combined with a 400-space parking garage attached to the arena, is the most economical and efficient means to deliver required parking for the new facility. Providing surface parking is significantly less expensive than building a structured parking garage, which is estimated at $65-$70 million. The parking lot option also provides the City the most flexibility to adapt to changing parking demands in coming years, including the expanding focus on ride-share options such as Uber and Lyft. This modification to the Arena Surface Lot Capital Project will be funded by the City's Parking Services Fund, an enterprise fund that pays for new parking capacity in Savannah by using revenue generated from parking meters, garages, and citations. The original contract was approved on May 27, 2021, in the amount of $9,050,378.05. The total cost of the project, including this modification, is $13,550,378.05. 

Approval