TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Raul Saenz, Interim Public Works Director
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
Karen Domerchie, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Approve Contract Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with Community Works Design Group for Additional Design Services for the Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $33,600 (Interim Public Works Director Saenz).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
a) Approve Contract Amendment No. 3 in the amount of $33,600 with Community Works Design Group for additional design services for the Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project - Attachment 1.
b) Authorize City Manager to execute the Contract Amendment.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The funding request of $33,600 for Contract Amendment No. 3 is available in the Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project account. See Attachment 2 for Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project Budget and Expenditures to date.
BACKGROUND:
A pedestrian walkway (The Strand) owned and maintained by the City and a bike path (Marvin Braude Bike Path) owned and operated by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works exists along the City's entire two-mile coastline. The bike path is situated to the west and is separated from The Strand by a vegetated slope of varying widths and grades. Connecting The Strand and the bike path are thirty-six pedestrian access points. Twenty-seven of these access ways possess stairs of varying designs and condition. In addition to stairs, there are three handicap accessible ramps; two leading from The Strand to the El Porto parking lots at 41st and 43rd Streets and a third leading from the parking lot to the bike path at 42nd Street.
The original contract with Community Works Design Group (CWDG) was approved by City Council at its May 1, 2012 meeting in the...
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