Municipal Pier Renovation - Construction Phasing

Recommendation:

It is recommended that City Council:

1. Break the Municipal Pier Renovation Project (CIP 95-620) into two projects; the Municipal Pier Structural Retrofit (CIP 95-620) and Municipal Pier Architectural Upgrades (CIP 98-621).
2. Approve amendment to the Pier Renovation design contract with Harding, Lawson Associates to break the project into two phases, and add $4,510 to the contract to cover these changes.
3. Allocate $2,550 in County Prop A Open Space Funds(121) to the Municipal Pier Architectural Upgrades Project (CIP 98-621) to cover the costs for architectural renderings.

Background:

The Hermosa Beach City Council, at it's March 25, 1997 meeting, approved design development drawings based upon a earlier preliminary design competition concept. Recently, changes to this concept are being reviewed in an effort to control costs and provide a more useful and meaningful improvement to the City. In order that no further time be lost it is suggested that the project be broken into two phases whereby the structural retrofit portion would be completed while the architectural design is finalized.

Analysis:

It is anticipated that construction of the structural retrofit could be complete by early 1999. The architectural upgrades could be designed, approved and bid out so that commencement of construction of those improvements would dove-tail with completion of the retrofit.

Fiscal Impact:

Breaking the Pier Retrofit portion of the plans and specifications out of the existing bid documents will add $4,510 to the City's contract with it's designer, Harding, Lawson & Associates. Costs for changes to the architectural portion of work cannot be addressed until the extent of these changes are determined. No additional appropriation is necessary as this contract change shall be covered by the 15% contingency approved by City Council for the original design contract.

The preliminary budget estimate to complete the structural retrofit portion is $1,000,000. Therefore $1,000,000 (910,000 in the Prop A Open Space Fund 121 and 90,000 in the FEMA Grant Fund 150) should remain in CIP 95-620.

The preliminary budget estimate for the Architectural Upgrades is $3,811,200, though these costs will become more clear as the revised design becomes more defined. Funding these costs will be presented in the next city budget. The only work which would commence on the Pier Architectural Upgrades this fiscal year would be the development of study renderings in the amount of $2,550. Therefore an allocation of $2,550 in County Prop A Open Space Funds should be made to the Pier Architectural Upgrades Project (CIP 98-621).

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