SR-303-021
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Council Meeting: May 11, 2004 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Professional Services Agreement for the Design of the Euclid
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Neighborhood Park Project
Introduction
This report recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate and
execute a professional services agreement with Rios Clementi Hale Studios for design of
the Euclid Neighborhood Park Project in an amount not to exceed $102,300.
Background
The City purchased the project site, 1523-1525 Euclid Street between Colorado Avenue
and Broadway, in April 1999. The existing historic Spanish-Colonial-Revival style building
on the property, formerly known as the Los Angeles County Mental Health Center, was
renovated and completed in late 2003 as a combined housing and community meeting
space project with assistance from the City’s housing trust fund. The project includes 13
housing units for residents with disabilities operated by United Cerebral Palsy and
approximately 1,000 sq. ft. of community meeting rooms operated by the City. The
adjacent 15,000 sq. ft. parking lot on the property was used for construction staging for the
housing project and is now available for the Euclid Neighborhood Park Project (see Exhibit
2).
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Discussion
The Euclid Neighborhood Park Project will create an attractive neighborhood-gathering
place that encourages use by residents from the adjacent housing as well as nearby
neighborhood residents.
Public input and neighborhood meetings are planned as part of the design process. In
addition, a public artist will be included as part of the design team to integrate art into the
park project.
In September 2003, Civil Engineering and Architecture staff sent request for proposals to
nine firms. Six firms responded with proposals. Staff from Community and Cultural
Services Administration, Open Space Management, Civil Engineering and Architecture,
and Environmental Programs reviewed the proposals, interviewed the three most qualified
firms and recommends Rios Clemente Hale Studios as the best firm for the park project.
Rios Clemente Hale Studios previously worked with the City on successful park design
projects including Douglas Park and the playground areas at Joslyn, Marine, Ozone,
Clover, and Los Amigos Parks demonstrating ability to involve the community in the design
process. More recently, the firm has completed the Grand Avenue streetscape design in
downtown Los Angeles that incorporates a number of small urban parks and a ‘vest
pocket’ chess park in the City of Glendale.
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In February 2004, Cultural Affairs Division issued a call for artists, with applications due on
March 29, 2004. The Arts Commission, through its peer panel selection process, will
select a pool of qualified artists from the submitted applications. Rios Clemente Hale
Studios will use this pool of pre-qualified applications to select an artist to be a member of
the project team.
Budget/Financial Impact
FUNDS REQUIRED:
Contract $92,270
Contingency $ 9,227
Total Required $101,497
Funds in the amount of $102,300 are available in account C19067301.589000, “PMP –
Euclid Park Expansion”.
There is currently $909,399 in funding for this project: $230,000 in Community
Development block Grant Funds; $155,899 in funds from a development agreement; and
$250,000 in General Funds. The City is also in the process of securing $273,500 from Los
Angeles County Proposition A park grant funds.
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Recommendations
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a professional services
agreement with Rios Clementi Hale Studios for the Euclid Neighborhood Park
Project in an amount not to exceed $101,497; and
2. Authorize the City Engineer to issue any necessary modifications to the
professional services agreement to complete additional work within budget
authority.
Prepared by: Craig Perkins, Director, Environmental & Public Works Management
Barbara Stinchfield, Director, Community & Cultural Services
Karen Ginsberg, Assistant Director, Community & Cultural Services
Brett Horner, Senior Analyst, Community & Cultural Services
Anthony Antich, P.E., City Engineer
Lauren Friedman, City Architect
Attachment: Exhibit 1 – Site Map
Exhibit 2 – Project Photos
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Exhibit 1 – Site Map
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Exhibit 2 – Project Photos
The Park site is adjacent to 13 new housing units operated by United Cerebral Palsy
for persons with disabilities.
The housing and community room building has a central courtyard that the public will
have access to when meeting rooms are booked. The unique character of the property
provides design opportunities for the park.
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