TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a contract with HOK, Inc., a Culver City-based business, for professional design review and entitlement consulting services related to the Civic Center master plan development, in an amount not to exceed $216,676 for a period of one year, with the option to renew for another year at the discretion of the City Manager;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto; and
Increase appropriations in the Development Services Fund (EF 337) in the Development Services Department (DV) by $216,676. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On December 9, 2014, the City Council selected Plenary Edgemoor Civic Partners (PECP) as the City’s preferred Project Team for the re-envisioning of the Civic Center. The proposed project includes new headquarters for City Hall and the Harbor Department, a new Main Library, a redeveloped Lincoln Park and new private development. This action was the culmination of a competitive process that required the evaluation of technical proposals in response to City-defined guiding principles and project goals. HOK, Inc., a global design, engineering, and architecture firm, is a subconsultant to ARUP North America Limited (ARUP), and assisted staff in the technical evaluation of the design submittals. HOK, Inc., is intimately familiar with the proposed master plan design, having been part of the consultant team for the past 18 months.
Now that the City Council has selected a Project Team, staff requests the continued assistance of HOK, Inc., to serve as an advisor for planning, design and architectural review. Under the terms of the proposed contract, HOK, Inc., would assist Development Services staff in the formal review of PECP’s master site plan, as well as the individual design review of separate buildings for City Hall, Main Library and the Harbor Department. HOK, Inc., would also perform design ...
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