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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Two-Year Agreement with RRM Design Group to Prepare a City Facilities Plan in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $497,462; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Operating Budget Appropriating $500,000 of Earned Interest from Project C99300 to the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Non-Departmental Operating Budget.
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this action is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies). (City Manager 10021030)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) needs to evaluate and plan for the future needs of certain major City facilities that require in depth analysis beyond the capacity of the City's standard annual capital facility repair and rehabilitation process. This is due to updated professional or seismic standards, aging facilities, growing demand for services, and encroaching residential uses, including certain public works and fire facilities and the animal shelter. As a result, City staff issued a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) for professional services to prepare a City Facilities Plan to assist the City in evaluating and planning for the future of these key facilities and received four proposals. After a thorough review process, City staff recommends executing a contract with RRM Design Group, who have significant experience in future space planning, relocation and siting assessments and architectural and engineering analysis related to both rehabilitation and new construction of similar types of facilities. The proposed City Facilities Plan will lay the groundwork for future land use, budget and financing policy and operational decisions.
BACKGROUND
There are certain major City facilities needed for operations that require in-depth space plannin...
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