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Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7043 for the City of Long Beach Old Court House Abatement and Demolition; award a contract to Environmental Construction Group, Inc., of Signal Hill, CA, in an amount of $3,690,000 for abatement only, and authorize a 20 percent contingency, for a total contract amount not to exceed $4,428,000; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto;
Increase appropriations in the General Fund (GF) in the Citywide Activities Department (XC) by $1,373,000 for a transfer to the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW); and increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $1,373,000, for a total project cost of $4,428,000, offset by $3,055,000 in currently appropriated Fiscal Year 2016 non-recurring General Fund resources and the remainder from bond proceeds. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Environmental Construction Group, Inc., for the abatement of the City of Long Beach Old Court House.
The City of Long Beach currently owns the property located at 415 West Ocean Boulevard, Assessor Parcel Number 7280-025-900 (Subject Property) (Exhibit A). The Subject Property is approximately 165,287 square feet of land area and contains the former Long Beach Courthouse building and appurtenant parking. The Courthouse building measures approximately 330,000 square feet and consists of six stories plus a basement (Improvements). The former Redevelopment Agency acquired the property in 2009 as part of a land exchange with the State of California (State), whereby the State received fee title to the property currently developed as the Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse while the former Redevelopment Agency received fee title to the Subject Property in return. As part of the statewide dissolution o...
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