TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Ted Semaan, Interim Public Works Director
Gilbert Gamboa, Acting City Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of the Preferred Option to Replace the Existing Escalators at the Metlox Parking Structure In-Kind (Budgeted) (Interim Public Works Director Semaan).
(Estimated Time: 30 Min.)
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Approve replacement of the existing Metlox Parking Structure escalators with new marine environment hardened escalators as the preferred option;
2. Direct staff to work with the Tolkin Group on cost-sharing per the Maintenance Agreement (attached);
3. Direct Staff to prepare plans and specifications to implement this option; and
4. Direct Staff to give further consideration and return at a later date for a future second elevator to provide redundant access from the Metlox Parking Structure to the Metlox Plaza.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Sufficient funds of $1,487,392 are budgeted for the project in the Parking Fund for the recommended option of escalator replacement at a design and construction cost estimate of $850,000.
BACKGROUND:
Several City buildings contain vertical lift devices (elevators, escalators, and/or wheelchair lifts). Regular maintenance of these devices is ongoing, but the devices do have a lifespan, after which the equipment needs significant restoration or replacement. Vertical lift devices generally have a lifespan of 20 to 25 years. The Metlox Parking Structure, constructed after its approval by the City Council in March 2002, contains four Escalators, one elevator and Building Code-required emergency egress staircases. The multiple access points provide connections to the subterranean two-level parking structure and to the Metlox Plaza at street level.
The Escalators are experiencing increasing maintenance...
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