REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Bid No. PW17-14 for the Fair Oaks Park Recreation Building and Skate Park Lighting Project and Finding of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Categorical Exemption
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a construction contract in the amount of $777,314 (base bid in the amount of $643,556 and two additive alternates in the amounts of $85,758 and $48,000) to ICC General Contractors Inc. of Sunnyvale for the Fair Oaks Park Recreation Building and Skate Park Lighting Project. Approval is also requested for a 10% construction contingency in the amount of $77,731.
Fair Oaks Park is located at 540 North Fair Oaks Avenue, surrounded by Wolfe Road, Britton Avenue and Balsam Avenue. The vicinity is a mixture of residential and commercial structures.
EXISTING POLICY
Section 1309 of the City Charter requires public works construction contracts to be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The project is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 because the project involves the maintenance or repair of existing facilities with negligible or no expansion of use beyond that presently existing.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The purpose of this project is to utilize grant funding to 1) renovate the existing recreation building and 2) install a new lighting system at the skate park. The intent of the project is to bring the buildings into compliance with current federal, state, and local laws and regulations; improve the functionality and accessibility of the buildings for all users; enhance the building aesthetics; and to provide energy efficient lighting to the existing skate park. The additive alternates include energy efficient windows and expansion of the storage rooms at the recreation building. Storage room expansion will provide the space needed to store tables and chairs used regul...
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