REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Amend an Existing Contract with MWA Architects of San Francisco for Professional Design Services of the Administration and Laboratory Building at the Water Pollution Control Plant (F20-064)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to amend an existing contract with MWA Architects of San Francisco for Project 8.3 - Administration/Laboratory Maintenance Building and increase the contract valued from $2,551,954 to $4,779,640. Approval is also requested for increasing the design contingency from $239,096 to $477,964.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for the procurement of goods and/or services greater than $100,000 in any one transaction.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) Master Plan identified the Admin/Lab Building to be located on the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Site (HHW), which is underlain by residual municipal waste. To the west, south, and east of this site is an above-grade closed landfill (Sunnyvale Landfill). To the north is Carl Road, which is the primary vehicular access to the WPCP. This location was selected as a way of minimizing interference with ongoing WPCP operations and taking advantage of an underutilized boneyard storage area.
During conceptual development and validation of the Master Plan, it was determined that the HHW was an unclosed landfill that presented regulatory risks and cost uncertainties of constructing a facility underlain by municipal waste were greater than initially anticipated in the master planning d...
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