LA County Board

9.\nPuente Hills Landfill Park Project - Authorize Project Budget Revision,\nProject Change Orders, and Increase Change Order Delegations\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Solis: Suspend Section 22.1 of\nthe Rules of the Board for the limited purpose of considering this motion. Find\nthat the proposed execution of a Construction Manager at Risk Project (Project)\nchange orders are within the scope of the impacts analyzed in the County's\npreviously certified Program Environmental Impact Report for the Puente Hills\nLandfill Park Master Plan and Addendum No. 1, which were previously certified\nby the Board and that no further findings are necessary under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act and that the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting\nProgram, Findings, and Statement of Overriding Considerations will continue to\napply. Upon Board’s approval of the recommended actions, the Director of\nPublic Works will file a notice of Determination with the Registrar Recorder/\nCounty Clerk and with the State Clearinghouse in the Office of Land Use and\nClimate Innovation in accordance with Section 21152 of the California Public\nResources Code and will post the Notice to its website in accordance with\nSection 21092.2. The previously certified Programmatic Environmental Impact\nReport, Addendum No. 1, and related documents can be viewed at Public\nWorks, as well as online at\n<https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/108437.pdf>. The location of\nthe materials constituting the record of the proceedings upon which the Board's\ndecision is based in this matter is with the Department of Public Works, Project\nManagement Division II, 900 South Fremont Avenue, 5th Floor, Alhambra,\nCalifornia 91803. The custodian of such documents and materials is the\nAssistant Deputy Director of Project Management Division II of the Department\nof Public Works. Approve the revised Phase 1A total project budget of\n$108,000,000 from the previously approved budget of $105,000,000 for the\nPuente Hills County Regional Park Development, Capital Project No. 69984.\nApprove and authorize the Director of Public Works to take the following\nactions:\nNegotiate and execute a change order to the Project preconstruction and\nconstruction services agreement with The PENTA Building Group, LLC\n(PENTA) for an amount not to exceed $2,250,000 to expedite\nconstruction of the Phase 1A Environmental Justice Center.\nNegotiate and execute a change order to the Project preconstruction and\nconstruction services agreement with PENTA for an amount not to\nexceed $6,000,000 to construct the Phase 1A Environmental Justice\nCenter Exhibition Center.\nNegotiate and execute a change order to the Project preconstruction and\nconstruction services agreement with PENTA for an amount not to\nexceed $2,000,000 to construct the Phase 1A Interpretive/Educational\nSignage Program.\nNegotiate and execute a change order to the Project preconstruction and\nconstruction services agreement with PENTA for an amount not to\nexceed $4,500,000 to construct the Workman Mill Trailhead/Staging Area\nand associated landscape elements during Phase 1A.\nNegotiate and execute a change order to the Project preconstruction and\nconstruction services agreement with PENTA for an amount not to\nexceed $2,000,000 to construct Phase 1A site utility infrastructure.\nApprove extra costs for any change or addition to the work on the Puente\nHills Landfill Park Project Phase 1A, provided that the extra cost of any\nsuch individual change or addition to the work does not exceed\n$750,000, and further provided that there is sufficient remaining budget\nfor the Project to cover such costs or changes, and further subject to the\nlimit that the aggregate amount of all such delegated authority change\norders shall not exceed 25% of the original Project agreement\nguaranteed maximum amount of $61,000,500 for Phase 1A, as set forth\nunder Section 20145 of the California Public Contract Code.\nProvide monthly written report backs to the Board on the change orders\ngranted under the above- delegated authority for Phase 1A of the Puente\nHills Landfill Park, and find that this monthly reporting constitutes a\nsufficient and appropriate measure to prevent fraud and ensure\naccountability for the delegated authority to the Director of Public Works\nto approve extra costs for any change or addition to the work. (25-6602)\nMotion by Supervisor Solis (Exempt From Cluster)