TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Public Works Director
Joe Parco, City Engineer
Karen Domerchie, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Award of Contract to David Volz Design for the Veterans Parkway Landscape Design Services in the Amount of $31,912 (Public Works Director Olmos).
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council:
1. Approve Consultant Agreement with David Volz Design in the amount of
$31,912 for the landscape architectural design services for the improvements to Veterans Parkway,
2. Authorize City Manager to execute Consultant Agreement, and
3. Approve a design contingency in the amount of $ 6,400.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are sufficient funds in the approved Capital Improvement Program.
BACKGROUND:
In June 2013, the City Council approved the Veteran's Parkway Landscape Guidelines that outline the vision of any future improvements to this prominent greenbelt. Shortly thereafter, the 2013 Competitive Trails Grant was made available by Los Angeles County Supervisor Knabe's office, which focused on the construction of projects that improve trail and public access. On September 10, 2013, City Council approved a resolution endorsing the City's application for this grant program and in December 2013, City was notified by the County that we had received the grant in the amount of $297,825. There is no local match required for this grant.
Since the grant does not pay for design, design funds in the amount of $135,000 were budgeted and approved as part of the FY14/15 Capital Improvement Program. The project scope for the design is laid out in two phases.
The first phase consists of landscape and access point improvements to Veterans Parkway. These improvements include design and construction of access points; purchase and placement of b...
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