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Lueders Park Gymnasium To Be Re-floored
By Allison
Jean Eaton
Bulletin Staff
Writer
The Compton City Council last week approved a resolution authorizing
the renovation of the gymnasium floor at Lueder’s Park.
According to the staff report, in 2005, a structural concrete leak
severely damaged the floor of the gymnasium of the park located at 1500
E. Rosecrans Ave.
The damage is so bad that the entire hardwood floor must be replaced.
“The floor ... got damaged during the rainy season the winter before
last,” said City Manager Barbara Kilroy. “When the contractors
got in there and investigated, they determined that the underfloor
had also been damaged.
“It meant that they had to take the floor down, essentially down
all the way down to the earth and start over again,” she continued.
The city first acknowledged in September 2005 — more than a year
ago — that the floor needed to be replaced.
“We had some trouble getting a general contractor who wanted to
tackle the whole job, and we had to go out to bid a couple of times,
and then the bid came in a little higher than we had estimated,” Kilroy
explained.
The proposal submitted by Chap Inc., which the city has chosen
to do the re-flooring, comes at a cost of $281,120 and will cover the
demolition of the existing floor, waterproofing the exterior of the west
wall of the gymnasium, concrete pouring, installation of a Robbins Sports
Surfaces Perma-Cushion system maple floor and the painting of a logo
and game lines.
A total of $193,417 will be reallocated from the city’s fiscal
year 2005-06 Community Development Block Grant carryover funds to assist
in paying for the job, according to the staff report.
“I know the citizens have really been waiting, and asking and are
concerned about this project,” said 2nd District Councilwoman Lillie
Dobson.
Kilroy said that Chap Inc. is ready to start the work and estimates
the new floor will be finished by Jan. 1. Work is slated to begin
sometime in mid-November, she said.
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