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Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $7,960,608, Including Contingencies, to Alten Construction for Construction of the Emergency Operations Center, No. P.W. 06-14-23 and Fire Station 3, No. P.W. 12-14-18; to Appropriate Anticipated Loan Proceeds from IBank and to Appropriate 2003 A&B Tax Allocation Bonds Unspent Bond Proceeds. (Public Works 319)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $7,960,608, Including Contingencies, to Alten Construction for Construction of the Emergency Operations Center, No. P.W. 06-14-23 and Fire Station 3, No. P.W. 12-14-18; to Appropriate Anticipated Loan Proceeds from IBank and to Appropriate 2003 A&B Tax Allocation Bonds Unspent Bond Proceeds
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda intends to construct a new Fire Station 3 to replace the one located at 1709 Grand Street which was deemed seismically unsafe and obsolete in the year 2000. The new fire station will be constructed on the same site, and in conjunction with, the approved Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The EOC will be located at 1809 Grand Street and the Fire Station at 1625 Buena Vista Avenue.
In June, 2012, the Public Works Department entered into a contract with Brown Reynolds Watford Architects (BRW) to conduct a feasibility study for both the EOC and Fire Station 3. The consultant, together with City staff, facilitated three community meetings in the fall 2012, focusing on operations, space needs, and site arrangement of both structures. On July 9, 2013, a fourth community meeting was conducted to present potential design concepts.
On October 15, 2013 the Public Works Department entered into a contract with BRW for schematic and final design, preparation of construction documents, and assistance during the bidding and construction phases of the EOC only. It was determined at that time that the EOC coul...
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