TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute the Fourth Amendment to Contract No. 31687 with Bellingham Marine Industries, Inc., for an additional $8,013,618, plus a $350,000 contingency, for a total of $8,363,618 for Phase 2B of the Alamitos Bay Marina rebuild project, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $30,767,615; execute all documents necessary to proceed with this phase of the reconstruction of Basin 1 in the Alamitos Bay Marina; and increase appropriations by $4,682,000 in the Marina Fund (TF 403) in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PR). (District 3)
DISCUSSION
In October 2007, a design-build Request for Proposal for the rebuild of Alamitos Bay Marina (ABM) was issued. Based on the proposals, experience, and use of local subcontractors, the evaluation committee selected Bellingham Marine Industries, Inc. (BMI). BMI has over 50 years of experience in the marina construction business, and has built numerous dock and marina systems throughout the world. The rebuild proposal includes the design and engineering of a marina dock system, upgrading the dock system to a state-of-the-art concrete system, upgrading utility services, upgrading and replacing restroom facilities, dredging the marina to the original design depth, repairing seawalls as needed, and repairing and replacing hardscape on the land side of the marina.
Due to the magnitude of the ABM rebuild project, the City of Long Beach (City), through the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM), and BMI agreed to segregate the rebuild into phases. Phase 1 includes the demolition, dredging, and reconstruction of Basin 4; the construction of an eelgrass mitigation site area in Marine Stadium; reconstruction of the boatowner restroom; and various landscaping and parking lot improvements. The in-water portion of this phase and the parking lot improvements were completed in May 2012. PRM anticipates the completion of the boatowner restroom and landscaping upgr...
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