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City Council Meeting: March 11, 2003 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
Chairperson
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Modification to Contract 8160 (CCS) with ETZ Construction for a New
Contract Amount of $600,276
Introduction
This report recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate
and execute a modification to contract 8160 (CCS) with ETZ Construction in the amount
of $95,700 for a new contract amount of $600,276, for seismic retrofit of the temporary
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work required by the City of
Santa Monica Building and Safety
Main Library.
Division, in an amount not to exceed
$95,700 including contingencies.
Background
At its meeting on November 12, 2002, Council authorized the City Manager to negotiate
and execute a contract with ETZ Construction in the amount of $504,576 and a $75,500
contingency for tenant improvements at 1324 Fifth Street, which is to be used as the
temporary Main Library while the new Main Library is constructed.
Plans for The Temporary Library Tenant Improvement Project were drafted and
submitted to the Building and Safety Division (B&S) for plan check. In the process of
this plan check, B&S found that the building required seismic retrofitting to be in
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and City Ordinance.
compliance with current codes.
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The seismic retrofit of the temporary Main Library includes:
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Adding a large steel beam from wall to wall and attaching existing ?Continuity
Ties? to the new beam.
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Welding plates to existing metal trusses and bolting them to the concrete walls
Completion of the seismic retrofit project requires the demolition and subsequent
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replacement of dropped ceilings, HVAC ducts, wall insulation, and some walls. This
work was recently approved by B&S, priced for construction by ETZ Construction, and
is the basis of this modification.
Discussion
Completion of the improvements for the temporary Main Library by ETZ Construction is
required to keep the Main Library project on schedule. The temporary library must be
completed and occupied before any work on the new Main Library can begin. Work
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, nor does it affect
done to date is not affected by the seismic work that needs to occur. The contractor
has reviewed the plans and has provided a revised schedule and change order for this
work.
Budget/Financial Impact
Funds in the amount of $95,700 are available in account C01049103.589000, ?Library
Expansion and Renovation.?
Recommendations
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Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a modification to contract
8160 (CCS) with ETZ Construction in the amount of $95,700, for a new contract
total of $600,276; and
2) Authorize the City Engineer to issue any necessary change orders to complete
additional work within budget authority.
Prepared by: Craig Perkins, Director Environmental & Public Works Management
Tony Antich, City Engineer
Lauren Friedman, City Architect
Alex Parry, Architecture Associate
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