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Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Moffatt & Nichol to Provide Design and Permit Services for the Encinal Boat Launch Facility Renovation in an Amount Not to Exceed $226,302, Funded by a Grant from the California Department of Parks and Recreation Division of Boating and Waterways. (Recreation 91110)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Moffatt & Nichol to Provide Design and Permit Services for the Encinal Boat Launch Facility Renovation in an Amount not to Exceed $226,302
BACKGROUND
The Encinal Boat Launch Facility is an important recreational asset that provides direct and free access to the San Francisco Bay for all residents. It is an aging facility with a poorly paved parking lot, unusable restrooms, inadequate dock floats and a ramp that is deteriorated and unusable during extreme low tides. The project is located on the west end of Alameda adjacent to Encinal High School on Central Ave.
The City of Alameda received a $300,000 planning grant from the California State Parks Department, Division of Boating and Waterways, to fund design and apply for required permits for the Encinal Boat Launch Facility renovation. Once construction documents are complete, the City will apply to this same agency, and other funding sources, for construction funding.
DISCUSSION
On May 29, 2015, the Alameda Recreation and Park Department (ARPD) issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Architect/Engineer firms to provide design, permitting, establishment of engineer's estimate of probable construction cost and related services for renovation of the Encinal Boat Launch Facility. To solicit the maximum number of responses, notices were sent to consultants on both the Public Works Department and Recreation and Parks Consultant Lists. A n...
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