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March 30, 2023 Item #12

Agenda Item 12

12. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO\nAGREEMENT NO. 18-3618 BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR\nDEPARTMENT AND MARK THOMAS & COMPANY, INC. FOR THE STATE ROUTE\n47(SR-47)/VINCENT THOMAS BRIDGE AND FRONT STREET/HARBOR BOULEVARD\nINTERCHANGE RECONFIGURATION PROJECT\nSummary: Staff requests that the Board of Harbor Commissioners adopt a Resolution approving\nAmendment No. 3 to Agreement No. 18-3618 between the City of Los Angeles Harbor\nDepartment and Mark Thomas & Company, Inc. of Irvine, California, to provide Bid and\nConstruction support services for the State Route 47/Vincent Thomas Bridge and Front\nStreet/Harbor Boulevard Interchange Reconfiguration Project. Amendment No. 3 will allow the\nHarbor Department to utilize design services during the Bid and Construction phase for the\nProject with the same Engineer of Record by adding $2,455,000 in compensation for a total not-\nto-exceed amount of $7,452,873. Additionally, Amendment No. 3 will add two years to the term\nof the agreement with a completion date of November 28, 2027. Payment of expenses incurred\nunder this agreement will continue to be the financial responsibility of the Harbor Department.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the Director of Environmental Management has\ndetermined that the proposed action is administratively exempt from the requirements of the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II, Section 2(f), of the Los Angeles\nCity CEQA Guidelines; (2) find that in accordance with the City Charter Section 1022, the\nservices required can be performed more feasibly by an outside contractor than by City\nemployees; (3) approve Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. 18-3618 between the City of Los\nAngeles Harbor Department and Mark Thomas & Company, Inc. for the State Route 47 (SR-\n47)/Vincent Thomas Bridge and Front Street/Harbor Boulevard Interchange Reconfiguration\nProject (Project) utilizing the same Engineer of Record by adding $2,455,000 to the\ncompensation for a total not-to-exceed amount of $7,452,873 and adding two years to the term\nof the agreement with a completion date of November 28, 2027; (4) direct the Board Secretary\nto transmit Amendment No. 3 to Agreement 18-3618 to the Los Angeles City Council for approval\npursuant to Section 373 of the Charter of the City of Los Angeles and Section 10.5 of the Los\nAngeles Administrative Code; (5) authorize the Executive Director to execute and the Board\nSecretary to attest to said Amendment for and on behalf of the Board; and (6) Adopt Resolution\nNo. ______________.\nCargo & Industrial Real Estate