TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Director of Public Works
Joe Parco, City Engineer
Edward Kao, Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Amendment No. 2 to Agreement with Community Works Design Group for Additional Design Services for the Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project (Public Works Director Olmos).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve Amendment No. 2 to agreement with Community Works Design Group for additional design services for the Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The original contract with Community Works Design Group (CWDG) was approved by City Council at its May 1, 2012 meeting in the amount of $200,885 to conduct public meetings and prepare plans and specifications for construction. The budget for design is $320,000. There are sufficient funds available in the original design budget to fund Amendment No.2. See Attachment 1 for the Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project Budget and Expenditures.
On April 15, 2014, the City Council approved Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with CWDG for additional design services for aesthetic enhancements of the five retaining walls in the Strand Wall Repair and Enhancement Project. City Council appropriated $25,000 from the Public Art Trust Fund for Amendment No. 1.
BACKGROUND:
The original scope of work for the Strand Stairs Rehabilitation Project was to remove and/or replace stairs at twenty locations ("Removal and Replacement" at seven locations and "Repair Only" at thirteen locations) and construct two ADA compliant ramps at 26th St. and Marine Ave.
A vegetated slope of varying widths and grade separates the pedestrian walkway (Strand) owned and maintained by the City and a bike path (Marvin Braude Bike Path) owned and operated by the County of Los An...
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