TITLE: AWARD OF THE COSTA MESA SKATE PARK EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, CITY PROJECT NO. 25-01, AND FINDING OF CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: RAJA SETHURAMAN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: SEUNG YANG, P.E., CITY ENGINEER (714) 754-5335
RECOMMENDATION:
recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Make a finding of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15301 and 15304.
2. Adopt plans, specifications, and working details for the Costa Mesa Skate Park Expansion and Improvement Project, City Project No. 25-01.
3. Reject the apparent low base bid submitted by RCCI dba Ramirez Company, 778 North Georgia Avenue, Azusa, California 91702 as non-responsive.
4. Award a Public Works Agreement (PWA) for construction to the second lowest base bidder, Elegant Construction, Inc., 15375 Barranca Parkway, Suite J-103, Irvine, California 92618, in the amount of $2,898,375, with a ten percent (10%) contingency in the amount of $289,838 for unforeseen costs related to this project, and an additional ten percent (10%) in the amount of $289,838, for construction management and material testing services.
5. Authorize the City Manager and the City Clerk to execute the PWA with Elegant Construction, Inc., and related agreements for the project within Council authorized limits.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:
The proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The action involves an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in the direct or indirect physical change in the environment based on the following:
Class 1 - Existing Facilities (?15301):
The repair, maintenance, or alteration of the existing public facility involves negligible expansion of use:
* The proposed expansion is minor relative to the existing ov...
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