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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a professional services contract with Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc., dba PBS&J, for a period of 18 months, in the amount of $1,526,107 for Phase 1 Design of the Long Beach Sports Park; and increase appropriations in the amount of $635,907, in the Capital Improvement Fund (CP) in the Department of Public Works. (District 7)
DISCUSSION
On April 18, 2006, the City Council denied an appeal, recertified the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and adopted zoning and General Plan amendments for the development of a proposed Long Beach Sports Park. The proposed project, with a site address of 2801 Orange Avenue, encompasses a full city block, and is bounded by Spring Street, Orange Avenue, California Avenue and the Long Beach Municipal and Sunnyside cemeteries. (Please see Attachment A for a site map.) The City owns the majority of the 55-acre site and has commenced negotiations for the acquisition of the remaining 8-acre parcel on the northeast corner.
Since certification of the EIR, staff has undertaken several post-EIR tasks, including sampling for lead paint and asbestos-causing materials in the vacant tenant buildings on site. It is expected that the vacant tenant buildings will be demolished within the next four months, thereby removing a substantial blighting influence in the area.
In addition, staff has negotiated a contract with Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan (PBS&J) for the first phase of design development engineering. PBS&J is a nationally ranked full service engineering firm, with specialties in civil engineering, environmental sciences, transportation management and construction engineering. In addition, PBS&J served as the project engineer during the preparation of the EIR. In that role, they preformed conceptual engineering work on civil, mechanical, hydrology and grading disciplines, which formed the basis of the site plan that was approved by the City Council. As such, they have speci...
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