Image from left to right: Garrett Bowers, city commissioner-Stephanie Austin, City Commissioner-Kelsey Wagner, City Commissioner Rhonda Skrapke, scholarship administrator-Mike Abernathie, Project Architect-Homer Nicholson, Mayor-Tyler-Prather, Rick Scott-Crraig-Stephenson, Level, Mayor-Tyler-Prather City Manager-Jacob Harris, Rick Scott Construction Rodney Jackson, Rick Scott Construction-Jayden Scott, Rick Scott Construction-Kenneth Bradley, Building Official Chris Henderson, Development Services Director.
In March 2021, the city began to investigate potential financing options for the renovation of the former Santa FE depot through the Consolidated Appropriations Act from 2022. , the depot, the depot, the depot, the depot, the depot, the project, contained that is listed in the national register of historical places. The Federal Infrastructure Act passed by the Congress in 2021 contained an assignment to the city of Ponca in the amount of 2,000,000 US dollars to rehabilitate the Santa Fe Depot.
The city's employees then began with Odot (Oklahoma Department of Transportation), the state authority from which federal financing was received. On December 26, 2022, the mayor and the commissioners approved the state of Oklahoma, the project maintenance, financing and the right of way with Odot to rehabilitate the Santa Fe Depot.
In January 2023, the city concluded an agreement with Sikes Abernathie Architects to prepare plans and specifications for the Depot rehabilitation. The architect's estimated project costs were $ 2,302,875. The architecture plans with a total of 52 pages were completed by the architect and the BID package with a total of 597 pages was prepared by the city's employees and then sent to the exam and approval before the range of odot and SHPO.
Due to the complexity of this project and the application of the federal regulations, the employees of the city and the project architect turned to potential bidders in the entire region who had unique skills and had proven experience in the rehabilitation of historical older buildings. It was also the question of explaining what the work protocol had to be because the project lies within 25 feet of an active railway line.
The opening of the offer for this project took place on Thursday, October 31, 2024, and two offers, with the lowest of Rick Scott Construction, LLC in the amount of USD $ 2,130,952.00. This bid amount includes the base requirement of $ 2,084,829.00 plus alternative No. 1 of $ 20,043.00 and alternative No. 2 of $ 26,080.00 for a project of a total of $ 2,130,952.00.
The sources of financing for this project of $ 2,130,952.00 include a grant of $ 2,000,000.00 from the Oklahoma Ministry of Transport, a grant of $ 19,750.00 from Phillips 66 Grant and an assignment of $ 111,202.00 in ARPA (American Rescue plan act). For this project, an additional 728,348.89 USD in ARPA funds were provided by an inter-agency agreement approved by the city commission to cover potential contract change orders as well as location work, paved parking spaces, landscape design, additional lighting, additional lighting, to cover potential contract changes . Furniture as well as replacement and repair of the sidewalk.