LA County Board

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MacLaren Community Park Project: Approve the Project Budget,\nAppropriation Adjustment, and Project Stipends for Design-Build; and\nAward a Design-Build Contract\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Solis: Find that the actions\nherein related to the previously approved Project are within the scope of the\npreviously adopted County’s Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and that\nthe County’s adopted Mitigation Monitoring Plan (MMP) will continue to\napply to the project; find that there have been no changes to the project or\ncircumstances under which it will be undertaken that would require\nadditional California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings; acting as a\nresponsible agency for the City of El Monte’s (City’s) Esperanza Village\nProject and consider the MND adopted by the City as lead agency; certify\nthat the Board has independently reviewed, considered, and reached its\nown conclusions regarding the environmental effects of the County\napprovals related to the proposed demolition work, included in the MND, to\nbe performed by the County; adopt the City’s Mitigation Monitoring and\nReporting Program to the extent applicable to the County’s actions, finding\nthat the MMP is adequately designed to ensure compliance with the\nmitigation measures that will be implemented during demolition activities to\nbe undertaken by the County; and find that the current actions are within\nthe scope of the previously adopted MNDs by the County and City, and\nthere are no changes to the projects or to the circumstances under which\nthey will be undertaken that require additional findings under CEQA; and\ntake the following actions: 5-VOTES\nApprove the MacLaren Community Park Project, Capital Project No.\n69953 (Project), with a total Project budget of $45,500,000, which will\ninclude the demolition of eight structures previously approved by the\nCity in the Scope of Work for the Project;\nApprove an appropriation adjustment to reflect an increase of\n$28,240,000 in appropriation to the Project, funded with the following\nsources: Regional Park and Open Space District Safe, Clean\nNeighborhood Parks, Open Space, Beaches, Rivers Protection, and\nWater Conservation Measure (Measure A) Grant of $1,400,000;\n$19,200,000 from obligated fund balance Committed for American\nRescue Plan-Enabled Capital Programs, and $7,640,000 of First\nDistrict Community Program Funding to fully fund the Project;\nFind that Bernards Bros., Inc., is the responsive and responsible\nproposer that submitted the best value and most advantageous\nproposal to the County for design and construction of the Project\nusing the Design-Build (D-B) project delivery method, based on best\nvalue criteria stated in the Request for Proposals (RFP), including\nqualifications, technical design, construction expertise, proposed\ndelivery plan, price, workforce commitment, design excellence,\nacceptable safety record, and lifecycle cost;\nAward a D-B agreement to Bernards Bros., Inc., in substantially the\nsame form as was included in the RFP;\nAuthorize the Director of Public Works to execute the D-B agreement\nwith Bernards Bros., Inc., for a contract amount of $31,865,818, and\na maximum contract amount of $33,365,818, inclusive of a design\ncompletion allowance of $1,500,000, subject to receipt by the County\nof acceptable Faithful Performance and Payment for Labor and\nMaterials Bonds and evidence of required contract insurance filed by\nthe D-B entity; establish the effective date of the contract upon\nreceipt of acceptable performance, payment bonds, and evidence of\nrequired insurance; and take all actions necessary and appropriate to\nfully deliver the Project;\nPursuant to the County’s D-B policy, approve and authorize the\nDirector of Public Works to execute consultant services agreements\nfor a stipend amount of $50,000 each, with Morillo Construction Inc.\nand Ohno Construction Company, the second- and third-ranked\nqualifying proposers that met the stipend eligibility criteria in the RFP\nfor preparation of proposals, to ensure that the County can utilize the\ndesign concepts in their respective proposals;\nAuthorize the Director of Public Works to exercise control of the\ndesign completion allowance with concurrence from the Chief\nExecutive Officer, including the authority to reallocate the allowances\ninto the contract sum, as appropriate, to resolve cost issues with\nBernards Bros., Inc., that are identified during the design phase of the\nProject, such as changes resulting from unforeseen condition,\nincluding construction-related impacts;\nPursuant to Government Code Section 25550, by unanimous vote,\nauthorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute a\ngratis long-term ground lease, with renewal options, with the City for\nthe portion of the Project site where the new park will be located, as\nwell as the adjoining landscaped and parking areas along Durfee\nAvenue and Kerrwood Street (Lease Property), in which the City will\ndevelop, operate, and maintain a public park on the property, located\nat 4024 Durfee Avenue; and\nAuthorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute any\nancillary documents and exhibits, for transfer of the Lease Property to\nthe City for public park purposes. (24-3773)