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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract with Penwal, of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, for the design, fabrication, and installation of the City's Police and Fire Memorial, in the amount of $625,000, with a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $62,500, for a total amount not to exceed $687,500;
Increase appropriations in the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $123,500, to transfer to the Capital Projects Fund Group;
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $123,500, offset by a transfer from the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund Group in the City Manager Department;
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $64,000, offset by donations received from the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce, the Friends of Long Beach Fire Fighters, and the Long Beach Police Foundation.
(District 2)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Penwal for the design, fabrication, and installation of the City's Police and Fire Memorial.
The City has historically honored its fallen public safety personnel at a memorial that was located at the end of Chestnut in the Civic Center Plaza. To accommodate construction of the new Civic Center, it was necessary to decommission and remove the memorial. Relocation of the memorial was considered but was not possible.
The Civic Center design team worked with the Fire and Police Departments to develop a location and general design for a new memorial. The new memorial site and design are intended to create a place within the Civic Center where loved ones and colleagues can honor, grieve, and remember the fallen. The memorial also provides an opportunity to educate the public and give meaning to the sacrifice of individuals who lost their life in the line of duty.
The new memorial is inspired by the form ...
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