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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Consulting Services Agreement with Noll & Tam Architects for Design Services for the Mulford-Marina Branch Library, Project 2018.2400; to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Individual Amendments up to 5% of the Original Contract Amount; and to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Cumulative Amendments up to 15% of the Original Contract Amount.
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This resolution provides for the approval of a contract for the design, permitting, and preparation of bid documents for the replacement of the Mulford-Marina Branch Library.
Staff recommends the following:
* Approve a Consulting Services Agreement with Noll & Tam Architects for design services for the Mulford-Marina Branch Library in the amount of $366,047; and
* Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and approve Individual Contract Amendments up to 5% (or $18,302) of the Original Contract Amount; and
* Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and approve Cumulative Contract Amendments up to 15% (or $54,907) of the Original Contract Amount; and
BACKGROUND
The City has continuously provided library services to the community since 1906 and today operates a main library plus three branch libraries. The City library services are enhanced and supported by the Friends of the San Leandro Library and the San Leandro Library Foundation.
The existing Mulford-Marina Branch Library, located at the intersection of Aurora Drive and Fairway Drive, has operated since 1962 in a 1,200 square foot building that has reached the end of its useful life. When the State of California passed the California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 (Library Bond Act), San Leandro prepared conceptual plans for the replacement of the Manor Branch and the Mulford-Marina Branch Libraries. Funded b...
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