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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an Early Works Agreement between the City, the Harbor Department and Plenary Edgemoor Civic Partners, LLC, to continue the design development of the Civic Center project for a limited period of time. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On December 15, 2015, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a Project Agreement with Plenary Edgemoor Civic Partners, LLC (PECP), and any other necessary documents related thereto, for the design, build, finance, operation and maintenance of a new Civic Center (Project), but to return back to the City Council for further consideration in the event of any material changes to the Project or the conditions under which it is to be built.
The Project has consistently included, as an integral element, a 40-year contract for operations and maintenance of, and capital reinvestment into, the City facilities. This 40-year contract assures a hand-back of the City facilities, at the end of the contract term, in a good or better condition.
Also on December 15, 2015, the City Council read for the first time a Proposition L ordinance which, pursuant to Section 1806 of the City Charter, made certain findings and determinations regarding the contracting out of custodial and maintenance services related to the Project.
City staff have been engaged in a number of meet and confer meetings with the local representative of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District Lodge 947, Local Lodge 1930 (lAM). Those discussions are currently ongoing. Additional negotiations may be necessary that extend beyond the date by which the City Manager was authorized to execute the Project Agreement to avoid construction cost increases, in order to continue the meet and confer process.
To minimize cost issues associated with a delay in execution of the Project Agreement, staff have worked with PECP to craft a short-term agreement that provides for a limited delay to...
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