TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a Second Amendment to Contract No. 33938 with HDR Engineering, Inc., of Long Beach, CA, for engineering and architectural design services for the Shoemaker Bridge Replacement Project, to increase the contract amount by $1,751,450, for a revised total amount not to exceed $6,451,450. (Districts 1,2)
DISCUSSION
The existing Shoemaker Bridge was built in 1954 and has structural and operational deficiencies. The Shoemaker Bridge Replacement Project (Project) replaces the existing bridge to improve safety while ensuring compatibility with the proposed Interstate 710 (I-710) Widening Project.
In 2012, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) approved programming of $5,500,000 of Measure R Early Action Program funds for the design of the Project. On June 9, 2015, the City Council authorized a contract, for engineering and architectural design services for the Project in the amount of $4,700,000, for a period of three years, with the option to extend the contract for two additional one-year periods. On December 10, 2015, the contract was amended to decrease the contract amount by $739,654 due to a modified scope of work, for a total amount not to exceed $3,960,346.
On April 26, 2018, the Metro Board of Directors approved an additional $5,500,000 in funding, for a total project budget of $11,000,000 for the Project design. The Project is currently in its 30 percent design phase. Planning and design phases are estimated between $25 to $35 million while construction is estimated between $250 to $350 million. Circulation of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) is tentatively scheduled for Winter 2018, with approval of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) anticipated in Spring 2019.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda T. Vu on November 5, 2018 and by Budget Analysis Officer Julissa José-Murray on October 25, 2018.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on November 20, 2018, to ensure timely completion of the EIR and to place the Project in a favorable position to potentially receive future I-710 Initial Stage funding during the next call for project funds anticipated in Spring 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT
The requested action increases the current contract authority with HDR Engineering, Inc., by $1,751,450, for a revised total amount not to exceed $6,451,450, to support the continuation of the Project. The contract is funded by Metro grant, which is appropriated in the Gas Tax Street Improvement Fund (SR 181) in the Public Works Department (PW). There is no local job impact associated with this recommendation.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
CRAIG A. BECK
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
APPROVED:
PATRICK H. WEST
CITY MANAGER