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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council RESOLUTION to Award a $6,268,000 Construction Contract to D. L. Falk Construction, Inc. for the Police Building and South Offices Modification Project, Project No. 2014.0481; Authorization for the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Individual Change Orders Up to 5% of the Original Contract Amount; and Authorization for the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Cumulative Change Orders up to 15% of the Original Contract Amount; and City Council Approval to Appropriate $943,000 from the 2018-19 CIP Bond
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This contract provides for the construction of tenant improvements on the first floor of the Public Safety Building and within the South Offices Building.
Staff recommends the following actions:
* Award of a construction contract to D. L. Falk Construction, Inc. in the amount of $6,268,000;
* Appropriation of $943,000 additional funding for construction from the 2018-19 CIP bond proceeds;
* Authorization for the City Manager to negotiate and approve individual change orders up to 5%, or $313,400, of the original contract amount; and
* Authorization for the City Manager to negotiate and approve change orders up to a cumulative value not to exceed 15%, or $940,200 of the original contract amount.
BACKGROUND
In 2009, Leach Mounce Architects prepared a Needs Assessment report for the San Leandro Police Department (SLPD). The report stated that the SLPD is severely overcrowded inside the Public Safety Building. The report also identified other deficiencies, such as a lack of dedicated parking spaces for the department, electrical issues, and an absence of a proper physical training facility. The report went on to state that it did not appear feasible financially, structurally or space-wise to add the necessary office space and parking to the existing SLPD facility, and it provided three scenarios for a brand new SLPD building ranging from $59.6 million to $70.5 m...
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