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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pw <br />Item # 13 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />February 21, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Relocation and Replacement of Fan Coil Units at the Grand Central Art Center <br />and Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Award Purchase Orders to Acco Engineered Systems to Relocate and Replace Fan Coils <br />at the Grand Central Art Center and the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center <br />(Specification No. 23-021) (General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize a one-time purchase and payment to Acco Engineered Systems for the <br />relocation and replacement of fan coils at the Grand Central Art Center, in the amount of <br />$745,860, plus a contingency of $54,140 and at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation <br />Center, in the amount of $1,548,348, plus a contingency of $51,652 for a total amount <br />not to exceed $2,400,000, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Public Works Agency Parks, Fleet, and Facilities Services Division oversees City <br />facilities to ensure mechanical systems operate safely and efficiently, and meet all <br />applicable laws and regulations. The Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) and Santa Ana <br />Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) are two facilities that receive maintenance and <br />repair services from the City’s Building Maintenance Division. <br />The GCAC is a partnership between the California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) and <br />the City of Santa Ana. The 45,000 square-foot art center is a mixed residential, <br />commercial, and educational complex. Apartment units at the center are made available <br />to students accepted into the CSUF graduate arts programs. Twelve indoor fan coil units <br />serving the 2nd floor, south-side, apartments are recommended by City staff to be <br />relocated and replaced with outdoor fan coil units. The GCAC’s indoor fan coil units <br />purchased in 1997 have surpassed their usable life span and require constant repair. The <br />relocation and replacement will provide reliability to provide better efficiency rating for <br />energy usage, and greatly improve tenant comfort. <br />Similarly, City staff recommends replacing 47 fan coil units throughout the SARTC with <br />Siemens controls to provide energy efficiency, improved accessibility of controls and <br />monitoring, and improved tenant comfort. The existing fan coil units are original to when