TITLE
Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFQ PW14-033 and award a contract to HDR Engineering, Inc., a Long Beach-based business, for engineering and architectural design services for the final design bid documents, construction bidding and support for the Shoemaker Bridge replacement project, in an amount not to exceed $4,700,000, for a period of three years, with the option to extend the contract for two additional one-year periods; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto regarding the term and/or scope of services. (Districts 1,2)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with HDR Engineering, Inc., for professional engineering and architectural design services. For ten years, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has been working on the development of the I-710 Corridor Project. The Shoemaker Bridge Replacement Project (Project), while part of the I-710 Corridor Project, was identified by the I-710 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Project Committee as a project to be implemented as a part of the County’s Measure R Early Action Program (Measure R). The Program was created to assist in building regionally significant transportation projects that can be built independently, and in advance of the overall I-710 Corridor Project.
In 2012, Metro approved the programming of $5,500,000 for the design of the Project. On June 4, 2013, the City Council approved the execution of Funding Agreement No. MOU.MR306.19 between Metro and the City of Long Beach to provide $5,500,000 in design funding for the replacement of Shoemaker Bridge. At that time, it was anticipated that the I-710 Corridor Project Alternatives (I-710 Alternatives) would remain the same and the City could proceed with the draft environmental document that was already being prepared for the Project. However, changes were ma...
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