CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
PREPARED BY: Karl Bjarke, Public Works Director
APPROVED BY: City Manager
TITLE
ACCEPTANCE OF DOWNTOWN PARKING STRUCTURE PROJECT
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution:
1. Accepting as complete the Downtown Parking Structure Project in the final amount of $11,221,700;
2. Authorizing the Public Works Director to sign the attached Notice of Completion; and
3. Directing the City Clerk to file said Notice of Completion with the County Recorder's Office.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES, GOALS & STRATEGIES:
Ongoing Priorities
Enhancing public safety
Maintaining fiscal responsibility
2016 Focus Areas
Planning Our Community
Developing Our Community
REPORT NARRATIVE:
On December 17, 2014, the City Council awarded a design-build contract for the Downtown Parking Structure Project to F&H Construction, Inc. in the amount of $8,580,000. The Council also approved a contingency in the amount of $170,000 for a total authorized project amount of $8,750,000. The scope of work for this project included the construction of a 271-stall parking structure in the Downtown between E. Third and E. Fourth Streets with an attached commercial structure facing E. Third Street. The parking structure was one of several construction projects meant to improve placemaking in the Downtown by investing former Redevelopment bond proceeds.
Two other projects slated for completion simultaneously with the parking structure were the reconstruction of E. Third Street and the reconstruction of E. Fourth Street. To accomplish these two projects, on May 20, 2015 the City Council approved a change order to the F&H Construction contract and the necessary additional funding in the amount of $2,170,000. The total authorized project amount for the Downtown Parking Structure was then updated to $10,920,000. The project commenced in January, 2015.
Seventeen change orders were executed for this contract (including the one...
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