City of Long Beach - File #: 15-1312

• File #: 15-1312
• Version: 2
• Name: EPD/DS/LS/FM/PRM - ORD/Civic Center D1,2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 12/7/2015
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 12/15/2015
• Final action: 12/22/2015
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance finding and determining that a credit is due against the Transportation Improvement Fee applicable to the Civic Center project; and authorizing City Manager to execute an agreement regarding credit for transportation improvements made in connection with the Civic Center project, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: Economic and Property Development, Development Services, Financial Management, Library Services, Parks, Recreation and Marine, Public Works

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/22/2015	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
12/15/2015	1	City Council	declare ordinance read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance finding and determining that a credit is due against the Transportation Improvement Fee applicable to the Civic Center project; and authorizing City Manager to execute an agreement regarding credit for transportation improvements made in connection with the Civic Center project, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
The need for a replacement Civic Center was first formally identified in 2007, when the Department of Public Works presented to the City Council a study identifying major seismic deficiencies of the existing City Hall building. The study concluded that extensive seismic renovations were needed to protect lives during a major seismic event, and that renovation, in conjunction with required building code upgrades, systems replacements, overall maintenance, and staff relocation during the retrofit period, would cost approximately $170 million in 2013 dollars. The Main Library building was found to suffer from more debilitating seismic and building systems deficiencies. Findings of this original study were confirmed in a second study performed and presented to the City Council in 2013, at which point the City Council authorized staff to release a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the development, construction, and operation of a new Civic Center. The qualified development teams shortlisted in the RFQ process were then asked to respond to a Request for Proposals (RFP) to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain a new Civic Center (the “Project”). In December 2014, Plenary Edgemoor Civic Partners, LLC (PECP or Project Company) was selected unanimously by the City Council to develop the new Civic Center using a public-private partnership structure. Since that time, staff and PECP have been working diligently to pursue satisfactory terms and conditions that result in the delivery of the Project at a fixed cost, and including a 40-year operations and maintenance contract to maintain the Projec...