REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution to Authorize the Receipt of a $973,525 Grant from the State Department of Housing and Community Development, Approve Budget Modification No. 42 to Appropriate the Grant Funding, and Award a Contract to Design the Fair Oaks Park New Auxiliary Restroom and Parking Lot Improvements (F15-60)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to adopt a resolution authorizing the City to accept $973,525 in Housing-Related Parks (HRP) Programs grant funds from the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to design and construct an auxiliary restroom and adjacent landscaping/parking lot improvements at Fair Oaks Park.
Approval is also requested for Budget Modification No. 42 to appropriate the grant funding, and to award a contract in the amount of $144,883 to Harris Design of Berkeley to design the project and provide construction support services, and for a 10% design contingency in the amount of $14,488.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Award of a design contract is not a project as defined in Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
On December 17, 2013 Council authorized Housing staff to apply for a 2013 HRP Grant, which required the adoption of Resolution No. 628-13 (RTC No. 13-293). In October 2014, Housing staff was notified by HCD that the Resolution authorizing the application submittal, and subsequent execution of the grant agreement, needed to include the actual funding amount being awarded. This amount was not known at the time the Resolution was adopted, so Council must approve a new Resolution to identify the award amount of $973,525 (Attachment 1).
The scope of work for the project is to demolish the existing auxiliary restroom and install a new disabled access auxiliary restroom located closer to the southern ballfields and skatepark. The scope also includes removal of water-intensive landscaping, to be replaced with drought-...
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